Originally Posted by
Ninthace
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.
Your perspective may be quite right, but at least currently the technologies for drones (sensors, motors, powerpacks, processors and associated software) are progressing much faster than those for improving armor or for anti drone weapons.
It implies that the battle space will become much more lethal for everyone, as there is no good way to distinguish combatants from civilians. Drones can commit war crimes without anyone being directly at fault.
How that is reconciled with the subsequent effort to occupy the ground or to make peace is very murky.