Stacey Pettijohn

Stacey Pettijohn is the Center for a New American Security expert interviewed by Stephanie Hughes in How low-cost drones are used in modern military strikes about low-cost drones in modern warfare. In the episode, she explains why Iranian Shahed 136-style drones, Russia’s armed drones and decoys, and the U.S. Lucas Drone matter even when they are less sophisticated than advanced U.S. or Israeli weapons.

Her core contribution to the wiki is the cost-and-adaptation frame. Pettijohn argues that cheap drones are hard to eliminate because they use commercial components, can be produced or adapted through broad supply chains, and force defenders into expensive, time-pressured choices. That connects her episode to Low-Cost Drone Warfare, Commercial Off-The-Shelf Weaponization, Drone Defense Economics, and Counter-Drone Layered Defense.

Connections

• Marketplace Tech and Stephanie Hughes - show and interviewer.
• Center for a New American Security - institutional affiliation named in the episode.
• Shahed 136, Lucas Drone, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, and Israel - main military context.
• Low-Cost Drone Warfare, Drone Defense Economics, and Counter-Drone Layered Defense - concepts she explains.