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(Seoul = Yonhap News) The competition for dominance in the combat drone market is heating up. The small drone 'Bolt-M' unveiled by the US defense startup Anduril on the 10th of this month received a lot of attention, with the number of views on YouTube's promotional video exceeding 3 million in just 10 days after its release. According to Anduril, the Bolt-M is easy to carry and control, and has excellent combat capabilities. The reason the Bolt-M is receiving more attention is because of the US Marine Corps' OPF-L (Precision Strike Weapon Development Program). This $250 million program aims to develop portable precision weapons, and the Bolt-M is a prototype that has been released to achieve this goal. It is said that the decision on whether to adopt it will be made after a six-month testing period, and in addition to Anduril, precision sensor company Teledyne FLIR and AeroVironment, famous for the suicide drone 'Switchblade', are participating in the project. The competitiveness of the latest drones is determined by the artificial intelligence (AI) that acts as their brain. Equally important is the price. For more information, watch the video. Planning and Composition: Gohyeonsil Editing: Kim Seonhong Video: Reuters·Yonhap News TV YouTube Anduril Industries·Palantir·AeroVironment·Marines·X @Defense of Ukraine #YonhapNews #Drone #AI #AI #UkraineRussia ◆ Yonhap News YouTube→ / yonhap ◆ Yonhap News homepage→ https://www.yna.co.kr/ ◆ Yonhap News Facebook→ / yonhap ◆ Yonhap News Instagram→ / yonhap_news [Copyrights (c) Yonhap News, Unauthorized reproduction-redistribution, AI learning and use prohibited]