The conflict in Ukraine, now in its fifth year, has provided extraordinary lessons about the future of war, demonstrating the enormous impact of cheap, remotely piloted unmanned systems on the ground, in the air, and at sea. While these technological advancements are undeniable, there is a distinct danger that military strategists will look at the battlefield and see little more than a catalog of weapons to buy.
Although lessons about particular weapons systems are highly relevant, the far more important lesson is about the broader ecosystem necessary for these new tools to be effective. The nation, for instance, has developed Sky Fortress, a network of 14,000 acoustic systems, to demonstrate how these tools must be integrated. Ultimately, military planners must recognize that acquiring individual drone platforms is insufficient without establishing the underlying organizational, technological, and strategic ecosystems that allow these unmanned capabilities to function successfully in the future of war.
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