Fear mongering at its worst. "100s", "swarm", “But the potential, of course, is that eventually they could be more dangerous.”
All buzz words used to create a false narrative to give US drone makers a leg up on their competition. Its all about punishing the Chinese gov't, and it doesn't. All it's doing it punishing U.S. drone owners and Drone Service Providers.
"This story is based on interviews with seven government officials, lawmakers, congressional staffers and contractors. They were granted anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly about private and sometimes classified discussions involving government officials."
Nonsense. Show the data or shut up. I can almost guarantee these numbers are fabricated. The airspace around D.C. is the most monitored and protected airspace in the world. If these "100s" of drones were on someone's radar, we'd know all about it. It would be all over the news. There is no way for it to not be.
We as drone owners must reach out to our elected officials and attempt to get this all tabled.