{"id":635097,"date":"2026-07-14T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=635097"},"modified":"2026-07-14T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:00:00","slug":"saudi-arabia-turns-taiwan-into-drone-export-leader-as-iran-war-reshapes-warfare-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=635097","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Turns Taiwan Into Drone Export Leader As Iran War Reshapes Warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Saudi Arabia Turns Taiwan Into Drone Export Leader As Iran War Reshapes Warfare<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>New data show that Saudi Arabia purchased a record $47.2 million worth of small drones from Taiwan last month, underscoring how governments are beginning to rapidly procure suicide drones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-07-13\/saudi-arabia-becomes-top-buyer-in-taiwan-s-young-drone-industry\">Bloomberg<\/a> was the first to cite new data from Taiwan&#8217;s Ministry of Finance showing that drone exports surged in June, driven by a record order from Saudi Arabia. The timing suggests Riyadh absorbed many hard lessons during the US-Iran conflict and is moving quickly to build stockpiles of one-way attack and interceptor drones.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-07-13_08-59-33.png?itok=pPF05FDJ\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-07-13_08-59-33.png?itok=pPF05FDJ\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ef04cca5-3a11-4532-a32e-fc5b892f4644\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"312\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2026-07-13_08-59-33.png?itok=pPF05FDJ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The exported drones weighed roughly 7 to 15 kilograms &#8211; or up to 30 pounds &#8211; and in a recent report by Piper Sandler analyst Clarke Jeffries, these drones are considered Group 1 and Group 2.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-06-19_10-59-01.png?itok=JgSxoKeu\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-06-19_10-59-01.png?itok=JgSxoKeu\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"153bb06e-313c-4e4d-aedc-2f17a68a696c\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"376\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2026-06-19_10-59-01.png?itok=JgSxoKeu\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeffries laid out <strong>three key insights<\/strong> about the rapidly changing defense landscape:<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-06-19_10-28-09.png?itok=s6QcZvZO\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-06-19_10-28-09.png?itok=s6QcZvZO\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"74dee9bb-8426-441d-92c8-b8ba8ce39b75\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"262\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2026-06-19_10-28-09.png?itok=s6QcZvZO\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also listed ways to profit from the drone industry as the wave of orders begins:<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-06-19_10-31-20.png?itok=xinQvFiy\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-06-19_10-31-20.png?itok=xinQvFiy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"244ed3db-791a-4763-a67e-ea9c71c97982\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"374\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2026-06-19_10-31-20.png?itok=xinQvFiy\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/only-beginning-how-profit-asymmetric-warfare-boom\">&#8220;Only The Beginning&#8221;: How To Profit From The Asymmetric Warfare Boom<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s not only one-way attack and interceptor drones that will be produced en masse globally, but also counter-AUS technology to defend high-value assets such as refineries, ports, data centers, and power grid infrastructure<\/p>\n<p>.Related:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/us-military-races-harden-strategic-nuclear-bases-counter-drone-ai-shield\">US Military Races To Harden Strategic Nuclear Bases With Counter-Drone AI Shield<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the mergers and acquisitions space, DZYNE Technologies &#8211; a maker of drones, loitering munition-type systems, and counter-drone technology &#8211; was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/war-unicorns-enter-ma-phase-ondas-snaps-kamikaze-drone-maker-dzyne\">sold by its investors<\/a> to Nasdaq-listed defense and industrial technology firm Ondas Holdings for a handsome profit.<\/p>\n<p>To begin the week, Bloomberg reported that drone company Helsing completed a $18 billion financing round from investors, including Goldman Sachs.<\/p>\n<p>Refer to our note above on how to profit from the asymmetric warfare boom, as this theme will continue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Mon, 07\/13\/2026 &#8211; 23:00<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2026-07-13_08-59-33.png?itok=pPF05FDJ\" title=\"Saudi Arabia Turns Taiwan Into Drone Export Leader As Iran War Reshapes Warfare\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia Turns Taiwan Into Drone Export Leader As Iran War Reshapes Warfare New data show that Saudi Arabia purchased a record $47.2 million worth of small drones from Taiwan last month, underscoring how governments are beginning to rapidly procure suicide drones. Bloomberg was the first to cite new data from Taiwan&#8217;s Ministry of Finance&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=635097\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saudi Arabia Turns Taiwan Into Drone Export Leader As Iran War Reshapes Warfare<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":635086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=635097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/635086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=635097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=635097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=635097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}