Stephen Bryen
Drones have changed warfare on the battlefield and beyond. At present there are more drones than practical countermeasures, although that could possibly change in future.
The preponderance of battlefield drones removes the shooter from the battlefield, preserving manpower, enhances target accuracy well beyond almost any other tool and subjects traditional hardware, especially armor, to effective interdiction and immobilization if not outright destruction.
Ukraine has the most advanced drone operations program today, followed by Russia, with the US and China far behind. Experts believe warfare has changed irrevocably, with the drone in the forefront of tactical battlefield changes. That is why Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on June 10th called for a program called “Unleashing America’s Drone Dominance.”
He foresaw a three-point program, first, to bolster US drone manufacturing.
Second, Hegseth looked for a technological leapfrog to arm US combat units with a variety of low-cost drones.
Third, he wanted to improve training for the US military “as we expect to fight in future.”
Hegseth’s overall proposal, however, did not reform any sector sufficiently to obtain the end result he hoped to achieve. To do that, the US would need to adopt either the Ukrainian or the Russian approach to supporting drone operations from the factory to the battlefield.
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