A retired Major General says one-way military strike drones would rapidly modernise the nation's military.
The Government is looking into buying the drones - that are operated by humans and used to drop explosives on a target.
They're massively cheaper than missiles.
New Zealand Initiative Senior Fellow John Howard says the technology's been used for half a decade now in the Ukraine-Russia war.
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"We've seen drone technology mature rapidly because of that crisis - in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East. For the Defence Force of today, this is promising for not just what we should aspire to do, but how we protect our national interests."
