Welcome to the first season of the new Aerospace &amp; Defense Technology podcast. 
The guest on this episode is Shaan Shaikh, a fellow with the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). 
In November, Shaikh co-authored a 64-page <a href="https://www.csis.org/analysis/countering-small-uncrewed-aerial-systems">report</a>, &quot;Countering
Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems,&quot; which outlines the military threats posed by small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS). The report assesses the challenging nature of the C-sUAS mission for the Department of Defense with a threat that is &quot;cheap and plentiful&quot; against defenses that are &quot;still emerging and bring significantly higher costs.&quot;
Shaikh discusses the cost of countering small UAS at air, land and sea, as well as how the concept of operations for C-sUAS is still evolving.

Why There is No Silver Bullet for Countering Small UAS Part 1

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