I didn't graduate from the war college, but even I can figure out that a billion dollar ship that can be sent to the bottom by a cheap missile is a less than worthless asset. A tank that can be destroyed by a guy with a tube on his shoulder isn't worth much more.
What this means for the future isn't clear, and it probably isn't good. Drone warfare is cheap and easy to start. You don't need to obviously mass troops and equipment, and you don't even have to risk your own warriors. The U.S. has been doing it on a small scale now for a couple of decades and it's hardly even been noticed. But now just about anybody can make those machines. What will a full-fledged war look like next time?
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I don't know what it will look like. But I'd like to see a drone take off the head of the chief Russian drone.
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