«Drone House» board member: a small country should let robots, not people, do the fighting
Viesturs Silenieks, a board member of the drone training centre «Drone House» and a National Guard member, says in LSM's «Formā!» podcast that a small country should have unmanned aircraft fight instead of people.
Viesturs Silenieks, a board member of the Latvian drone training centre «Drone House» and a member of the National Guard (zemessargi), believes that the right defence path for a small country is to use flying robots instead of people in combat. He made the remark in the 33rd and latest episode of LSM's podcast «Formā!», published on 25 October 2026.
What the training centre offers
«Drone House» is a training centre working in the field of drones. Its services include drone piloting, security audits for companies and combat simulation simulators.
Who it serves
The centre currently brings together both military personnel and industry enthusiasts. Silenieks represents it as a board member while also serving as a National Guard volunteer.
In the podcast he discusses how drone technology could be used in national defence. The source gives no further details of the conversation.
