Originally Posted by
etudiant
Armor is not helping much even now, as we see in gory detail from the Ukraine videos.
Fast forward another decade, much cheaper sensors and much smaller, yet more capable drones and the individual soldier will be as threatened as the tank is today.
There is an obvious revolution pending in the military, but it is held up by the reluctance of the US to lead the way.
That is quite rational, such a revolution would eliminate the US's current advantage in military power. Resetting the forces for the new era favors new entrants, as Turkey and their Bayraktar have just demonstrated.
Too simplistic. What is to say that effective anti drone technology will not be developed or that armour will not be improved through the use novel materials and redesigned against attack from above. Much as I like air power, how do you occupy and dominate the ground without boots on it? There are limits to what a drone can achieve and it can only stay around for so long.