About this episode

The episode explores how young individuals with skills in drone racing are impacting modern warfare, particularly in the context of the Ukraine conflict.

Olaf Hichwa spent his teenage years doing something that did not seem especially important: racing drones through cornfields. He got very good at it. Then Russia invaded Ukraine, and suddenly people cared very much about what Olaf knew how to do. This week, a story of the internet kids who are changing the way wars are fought. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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