This is the battlefield of the future.

[Quix0te]

Our Army should be reinvented to prepare for this type of conflict: drones and more drones. Gift link NY Times.

Drones Now Rule the Battlefield in the Ukraine-Russia War

Drones have changed the war in Ukraine, with soldiers adapting off-the-shelf models and swarming the front lines.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Quix0te]

This is the future of fighter planes. Those "Top Gun" fighter pilots will be extinct, just like horseback cavalry soldiers.

Air Force announces new unmanned fighter jets will be 'ready to fly this summer'

The U.S. Air Force announced two fighter jets prepared to fly this summer will be the first of their kind to operate unmanned.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Riveting-]

This is the future of fighter planes. Those "Top Gun" fighter pilots will be extinct, just like horseback cavalry soldiers.

Might it be that traditional battlefields themselves where forces clash will become obsolete?

 

[Quix0te]

Might it be that traditional battlefields themselves where forces clash will become obsolete?

The is a circa 1955 science fiction story called "The Defenders" in which an American army composed entirely of robots fights a Soviet Union army composed entirely of robots on earth's surface. All of the humans are hiding in underground bunkers. Kinda spooky that we are getting ever closer to that scenario.

 

[Quix0te]

Pentagon losing cutting edge on weapons innovation, needs 'massive kick in the pants,' say defense leaders

America’s defenses will not be able to keep up with its adversaries if the Pentagon continues to take years to innovate weapons systems, experts agreed at a security summit last week.

www.foxnews.com

 

[TopSecretBoiler]

lol we been doing drones for years...