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The U.S. military plans to buy millions of modern drones, but a chronic shortage of domestic explosives leaves the drones without the bombs they are supposed to carry. Wall Street Journal reporter Heather Somerville explains how emerging tech startups are working to address the shortfall in critical energetics—chemical compounds essential for weaponry, mining, and manufacturing. Danny Lewis hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Thursday, October 29th. I'm Danny Lewis for The Wall Street Journal. The US military is planning to buy millions of drones in the coming years. But can it adapt to modern warfare without the bombs those drones are supposed to carry?
America is facing a chronic explosive shortage that threatens to get in the way of the Pentagon's efforts to replenish its weapons stockpiles and armed troops with top-of-the-line And a big part of the problem is that the US doesn't have enough of the materials and chemicals needed to build explosive weaponry.
But now, new tech startups are stepping in to fill the gap. Heather Somerville covers technology and national security for the Wall Street Journal. She joins us now. Heather, what are the materials we're talking about here?
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