Originally Posted by
ORAC
Welcome to the era of "NCO Air Forces," drones in the hands of non-commissioned officers supporting light infantry companies and platoons with local airpower sporting precision firepower.
Big centralized western air forces and artillery organizations now have a combat relevance problem.
Drones are a disruptive innovation to big costly platforms as they provide some of the big platforms firepower capabilities very cheaply. In addition, drones give local 'G-ds eye view' infantry never had before while the big platforms are completely irrelevant in stopping the drone threat.
This is a prescription to disinvest in big platforms to provide small infantry formations with organic electronic warfare capabilities to deal with drones.…
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So take away the air force, how does the first day of
Operation Desert Storm go with just an army and small drones?