The Defence Secretary has ordered an investigation after The Telegraph revealed that the British Army was using Chinese 3D printers to build weapons.
Last year, it was revealed that British troops were taking the technology with them into the field and using it to make “suicide drones” for attack missions, despite national security concerns. Army officers said at the time that they wanted to train “whole platoons” to use the Bambu Lab 3D printers, which would enable them to be armed with a “virtually endless supply” of weapons.
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Source: The Telegraph News
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