Drone warfare
Subject in Politics
Drone warfare has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including The Shawn Ryan Show, Digital Social Hour. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Ben SwannAmerican independent journalist and founder of Truth in Media
Swann believes the U.S. has used about half its Patriot missile supply in the war's first six weeks.
“I think we've burned through half of our entire Patriot supply in the first six weeks of this war”
Digital Social Hour: The Epstein Email Pattern Nobody Can Explain... | Ben Swann | DSH #1980 (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 36:13
Swann claims Iran destroyed a $600 million U.S. specialized radar plane in Saudi Arabia with a cheap Shahed drone.
“It was sitting in Saudi Arabia and they cut it in half with a $20,000 Shaheed drone”
Digital Social Hour: The Epstein Email Pattern Nobody Can Explain... | Ben Swann | DSH #1980 (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 35:47
James LechnerRetired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and former Army Ranger, Battle of Mogadishu veteran, and author of With My Shield
Lechner reports that Colombian International Legion veterans, including FARC and cartel members, are using drone skills learned in Ukraine against Colombia's government.
“were FARC guys, cartel guys. And they have now gone back to Colombia, and they're using those skills against the Colombian government”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #346 James Lechner - Army Ranger Recounts the Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk Down (Oct 8, 2026) · Listen from 3:07:18
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Shawn Ryan Show · 1 episode
- Digital Social Hour · 1 episode
Episodes
#346 James Lechner - Army Ranger Recounts the Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk DownThe Shawn Ryan Show · Oct 8, 2026 · 3 h 20 min
Retired Army Ranger James Lechner tells Shawn Ryan about fighting and being wounded in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, turning around Ramadi, Afghanistan policy failures, and the war in Ukraine.
The Epstein Email Pattern Nobody Can Explain... | Ben Swann | DSH #1980Digital Social Hour · May 25, 2026 · 1 h 6 min
Ben Swann tells Sean Kelly about the Epstein emails, AI censorship and deepfakes, automation and UBI, the Iran war, and fractures in Trump's coalition.