JUST IN: Officials feared Iranian DRONE ATTACK before bombers pulled from UK base

FOR ALL OF YOU FOR WATCHING. >> Bill: MORE MOMENTS COMING UP. STAND BY FOR THAT. MEANWHILE MOVE TO THIS. THE FUTURE OF DRONE WARFARE IN. THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER POTENTIAL. IRANIAN DRONE THREAT REPORTEDLY. INFLUENCED THE U.S. TO MOVE. BOMBERS FROM A U.K. AIR BASE. "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTING ON. INTELLIGENCE OF THE THREAT. WRITING THIS IN PART. PARTICULARLY CONCERNING WAS THE. POSSIBILITY OF A SWARM DRONE. ATTACK SIMILAR TO ONE UKRAINE. LAUNCHED AGAINST RUSSIA IN JUNE. OF 2025. CHRIS BROSE IS HERE, A COMPANY.

THAT HAS TAKEN OFF IS HERE ON. THIS. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. YOU KNOW THIS AS WELL AS ANYONE. CAN YOU PULL OFF WHAT IS. DESCRIBED IN THE "WASHINGTON. POST" A SWARM OF DRONES AROUND A. BASE IN ENGLAND WITHOUT BEING. FOUND OUT? >> YOU HAVE EVERY REASON TO. BELIEVE WE CAN. WE'VE WATCHED THE UKRAINIANS DO. THIS INSIDE OF RUSSIA. EVERYONE IS LEARNING AND TAKING. ADVANTAGE OF THIS DRONE. REVOLUTION THAT YOU ARE TALKING.

ABOUT. I THINK FOR THE UNITED STATES, YOU KNOW, IT IS CALLING INTO. QUESTION THIS CORE ASSUMPTION. THAT WE HAVE HAD, OUR MILITARY. CAN OPERATE FROM SANCTUARY, EVEN. A SANCTUARY AS FAR AWAY AS A. BOMBER BASE IN THE U.K. SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING. WE'LL HAVE TO BE CRITICALLY. FOCUSED HOW WE DEFEND AGAINST. AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS DRONE. REVOLUTION TO CREATE NEW. OFFENSIVE CAPABILITIES FOR THE. UNITED STATES MILITARY WHICH AS. YOU KNOW THEY ARE VERY FOCUSED.

ON. >> Bill: WE WERE JUST TALKING. ABOUT BEING NIMBLE IN OUR. INDUSTRY. YOU HAVE TO DO THE SAME. >> YES. >> Bill: "WALL STREET JOURNAL.". THE SILENT ELECTRONIC. BATTLEGROUND SHAPING THE FUTURE. OF WARFARE. CHRIS, CAN YOU SUMMARIZE WHAT. THAT FUTURE LOOKS LIKE? >> I THINK WE'RE SEEING IT. I THINK THAT FUTURE IS HAPPENING. RIGHT NOW. IT IS HAPPENING IN UKRAINE, HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AND IT IS A FUTURE THAT LOOKS IN. MANY RESPECTS VERY MUCH LIKE OUR. PAST WHERE YOU ARE JUST GOING TO. HAVE LARGE VOLUMES OF SYSTEMS. OPERATING ON THE BATTLEFIELD. YOU WILL BE LOSING A LOT OF.

THOSE SYSTEMS THE WAY THAT THE. UKRAINIANS AND OTHERS ARE LOSING. DRONES. THE WAY THE UNITED STATES. MILITARY IS LOSING PREDATORS, REAPERS, OTHER DRONES PUBLICLY. REPORTED AND BE ABLE TO. REPRODUCE ALL OF THESE SYSTEMS. AND WE'LL HAVE TO DO THIS AS A. FUNCTION OF TIME. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY. AMERICA WON WORLD WAR II WE WON. IT THROUGH THE ARSENAL OF. DEMOCRACY OUT PRODUCING OUR. ADVERSARIES AND NOT DO IT FOR A. FEW DAYS OR A FEW WEEKS BUT FOR. MONTHS AND YEARS.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE. CORE OF THE FUTURE. MANY RESPECTS THAT AGAIN LOOKS A. LOT LIKE THE FUTURES OF OUR PAST. BUT I THINK WE SEE IT ALL OVER. THE WORLD RIGHT NOW AND I DON'T. THINK WE HAVE A MOMENT TO LOSE. IN TERMS OF INCORPORATING THESE. LESSONS FOR WHERE THE UNITED. STATES AND OUR MILITARY NEED TO. GO. >> Bill: WHY -- HOW ARE THE. UKRAINIANS ABLE TO DO WHAT. THEY'RE DOING WITH THE AMOUNT OF. CREATIVITY THAT WE'VE SEEN? >> NECESSITY, RIGHT? THEY ARE IN A FIGHT FOR THEIR. LIVES. AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE.

LEANING FORWARD TAKING ALL OF. THESE RISKS AND BRINGING IN ALL. OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES, CHANGING. AND ADAPTING WEEKLY AND MONTHLY. TO RESPOND TO A VERY ADAPTIVE. THREAT FROM THE RUSSIANS AND I. THINK IN THAT RESPECT, YOU KNOW, AS THE OLD SAYING GOES NECESSITY. IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION. I THINK THAT UNDER THE GUN WE. WOULD BE DOING MANY OF THE SAME. THINGS AND I THINK THE URGENCY. WE'RE NOW SEEING FROM OUR. ADMINISTRATION AND OUR. DEPARTMENT OF WAR LEADERSHIP IS. MOVING US IN THAT DIRECTION. >> Bill: WE SAW THAT YESTERDAY.

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND THE. PRESIDENT TALKING ABOUT A. $6.5 BILLION COOPERATION BETWEEN. YOUR COMPANY AND THE FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT. WATCH. >> President Trump: TODAY WE'RE. OFFICIALLY LAUNCHING THE. CONSTRUCTION OF THE LARGEST NEW. SHIPYARD IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS SINCE WORLD WAR II THERE. HAS BEEN NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE'RE. DOING TODAY. THE WORKERS IN BALTIMORE AND THE. SHIPYARD HERE HAVE BEEN A VITAL. PART OF THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL. STRENGTH FOR LITERALLY OVER 100.

YEARS. >> Bill: SO NOW THIS IS A BIG. DEAL. YOU ARE DOING A THING IN OHIO AS. WELL, SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. THAT'S A BIG DEAL ALSO. >> RIGHT. >> Bill: WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO. ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS MASSIVE. ANNOUNCEMENT THAT CAME FROM. YESTERDAY? >> THE REAL GOAL OF THIS. ANNOUNCEMENT AGAIN $3.7 BILLION. THAT THEY WILL BE INVESTING TO. BUILD UP A SHIPYARD IN. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND AS THE. PRESIDENT SAID. THE LARGEST SHIP BUILDING. INVESTMENT SINCE WORLD WAR II.

LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE SINCE. WORLD WAR II. OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE. PRODUCTION CAPACITY FOR THE. VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE. AS YOU KNOW, THE VIRGINIA CLASS. SUBMARINE IS THE APEX PREDATOR. OF OUR NATION'S OCEANS. THE REASON THAT XI WAKES UP. EVERY MORNING AND DECIDES NOT TO. GO ACROSS THE STRAIT AND TRY TO. RETAKE TAIWAN. THOSE SUBMARINES ARE OUT THERE. LURKING, READY TO RESPOND TO ANY. THREAT. AND THE CHALLENGES IS WE DON'T. HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM.

INDUSTRIAL BASE KNOWS HOW TO. BUILD THEM. THEY NEED HELP BUILDING MORE. ARSENAL II. THE NAME OF THE FACILITY THAT. WE'RE BUILDING IN BALTIMORE WILL. BE FOCUSED ON QUICKLY STARTING. TO PRODUCE KEY COMPONENTS FOR. THE SUBMARINES, TORPEDO TUBES. AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NAVY. AND OUR PARTNERS IN THE. INDUSTRIAL BASE AT ELECTRIC BOAT. AND NEWPORT NEWS REALLY BUILDING. LARGER SHIP SECTIONS AND GETTING. MORE SUBMARINES UNDERWAY. >> Bill: YOU ARE A GREAT VOICE.

FOR THIS. THANK YOU FOR COMI.