Drone warfare has always been equal parts distressing (it’s impersonal, it’s too easy to leverage, and therefore too easy to abuse) and incredible (ultra-thin fiber as a kite line? Brilliant!) to me. These advances are no different. That said, I do fret we’re staring down a new age of guerrilla warfare. Drones are cheap, widely available, and increasingly autonomous. Their countermeasures are either impractical for c…
I think watch out for Mexico. The cartels are swimming in cash and are already using drones to attack security forces and assassinate people.
Yeah, it’s much cheaper for China and Mexico to destroy the US from the inside with a slow poison of drugs over decades than any done attack.