They should have ordered a half-million Mavics years ago. And as part of the acquisition process, certified that there is no link back to the mother ship. Then we wouldn't be dealing with this ban nonsense, too.
But now that the freak-in-chief's son is involved with US drone-makers, we're screwed in every possible way, and that includes battlefield deaths. If we went to war with China, we would be overwhelmed on the battlefield and at sea. What an incredible collapse of military planning.
This just in: The Army guys assigned to develop a drone program are overweight and have facial hair, so they've been given general discharges and have been drummed out of the corps. The Sec'y of Defense wants our warriors to look lethal.