A $300 drone built from Chinese components and 3D-printed parts is defeating the Merkava tank. Fiber-optic guided, unjammable, carrying RPG warheads.
35 confirmed strikes geolocated by BBC Verify. Israel just approved a $700 million emergency budget and ordered construction of its own FPV drone factory. One of the most advanced militaries on Earth is now copying a non-state actor's weapon because it can't defend against it.
Russia plans to produce 7 million FPV drones in 2026. 60% of Russian army losses in Ukraine are from FPVs. France is converting tanks into anti-drone shotguns.
The Sovereign Individual predicted this in the 1990s: when the cost of projecting force drops toward zero, power shifts from institutions to individuals. A few hundred dollars now destroys tens of millions in military hardware. The asymmetry of violence is shifting. Every time that's happened in history, the world reorganized around the new reality. The printing press. Gunpowder. The internet. This is the next one.

