Beyond air bases, U.S. energy grids, transportation hubs, shipyards and civilian critical infrastructure in general are also vulnerable to unconventional attacks using unmanned vehicles.

Officials also tell WaPo that they have no plans to revoke a Biden-era executive order on spyware, though they might modify it. Any modifications, they say, however, will not be aimed at doing any favors for NSO Group.

What became known as the “Nye initiative” affirmed America’s military commitment to Asia and the U.S.-Japan alliance as a bulwark against China and North Korea.