The military has said this is going to be a big thing. I can’t remember which general it was, but during testimony in front the Armed Service Commission in Con

The military has said this is going to be a big thing. I can’t remember which general it was, but during testimony in front the Armed Service Commission in Congress either this year or late 2017, he made the remark that around 60% of casualties in both Iraq and Afghanistan were essentially “logistics casualties” where people were injured or killed transporting something. This technology will obviously reduce those kinds of casualties significantly. On the other hand, warfare used to be limited by the size of somewhat small armies. Then came mass conscription, where the whole nation was drafted. Then came “total war” where 16-65 year old men and women were fighting, but even then not everyone could fight due to someone having to support the frontline troops. Perhaps this all ushers in another step of a more bloody, more people fighting each other, stage of war where everyone can be on on the “front lines”. The advent of cyber conflict, which extends the lines of warfare beyond what even strategic bombing could do, suggests this. EDIT: Also worth noting that in air war, the bottleneck has usually not been plane production so much as it’s replacing the pilots. Air campaigns were limited by the amount of skilled pilots you were willing to lose. This also might turn that logic upside down as well.