Eventually technology on the battlefield cancels itself out.
Cheap unmanned aerial vehicles (often called drones) can take out weapons systems (tanks for instance) that cost 100, maybe even 1000 times the cost of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
The flip-side is that the side that is fielding unmanned aerial vehicles cannot achieve air or ground supremacy because the other side also has "drones".
As technology co-evolves it achieves a stalemate or equilibrium. The battlefield devolves to WWI. Five meters, a cloud of dust and gunsmoke and 10,000 casualties.
The press is mocking Russia for fielding weapons that were first manufactured in 1891. Given the devolution of the battlefield on the ground, that is not the handicap it seems. Five aimed shots beats 500 hope-and-noise shots every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Especially after your supply chain has proven to be shaky.
The conflict in Ukraine is on track to become a meat-grinder. It is within the bounds of the believable that Russia will accept "mercenaries" from India as payment for "battle proven" weapons.
Will the west volunteer to ship our snow-flakes to take Ukraine's side? Maybe AOC will broker a deal where it cancels their student debt.
Back in the day, when I was stationed overseas, my superior NCO and I used to play a five letter word game. We played hundreds of games and I used this town's name to beat him a lot.
ReplyDeleteIt will always be hard to beat the individual rifleman.
ReplyDeleteERJ, the cancellation of debt for service is not really a bad idea - and as not a bad idea, will never get implemented.
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