New technology in warfare: Drone swarms.

Oerdin

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This is a very cheap and easy new tech which no one has really thought about thus it can be a disruptive technology in land, air, and navel technology. It has obvious limits, such as how long the batteries cables on these drones, but if close enough it can do swarm attacks to damage key systems or defensive positions making ships or fighting units more vulnerable to follow up attacks. Most key it is dirt cheap and risks no human life for the attackers and no existing defensive systems are designed to combat it.

What do folks think? To my understanding no American or British forces are yet thinking about this while Communist China has gotten in big thinking it is a cheap and easy was to disruptive western advantages. I do know an Australian company has started thing about this but at a much smaller scale and with a much smaller budget.