Seeking a $54 billion arsenal of killer drones, Pentagon turns to former hobbyists 91%
By Ian Duncan0%
6/1/2026, 2:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 67.3% saturation with 68 hits. Analysis detected 482 faulty-reasoning hits from 101 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 84.2% and a BS Rank of 91% (2,126 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 90.30% of the article peer group.
A company that uses drones to analyze golf course grass.
Another linked to a firm that hosts aerial light shows.
And one founded by a 23-year-old former drone racing world champion.
Any of them, the Pentagon says, could represent the future of warfare as officials scramble to plug what they see as a gaping hole in the United States’ military arsenal.
Conflicts in Ukraine and Iran have shown the value of small, cheap drones, and the Trump administration has concluded that the U.S. desperately needs to catch up.
Confirmation Bias
29.7%Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
26.7%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
26.7%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
42.6%Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
26.7%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
42.6%Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
67.3%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
12.9%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
26.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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101 words analyzed.
Analysis
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