Subject: Re: The changing winds of war
In large scale modern warfare better weapons have generally won the day and no serious military professional in their right mind is going to say...hey, give me some of that low-tech stuff please. A general rule for the US military is that if you lose the little ones it's awful, but you lose a big one and you lose your country as you know it.
While no doubt there are many lessons to be learned from Ukraine, there are a lot to be learned from the current conflict(s)going on in the Middle East. If you take in the full "evidence set" available, I imagine Ukraine would trade weapons with Israel in a nano-second.
Lastly...these things are modeled a lot.
One clear item from both...drones and autonomy in general are here to stay.