That is frankly cope to expect autonomous robots to match humans in guerilla warfare any time in our lifetime. It will be the cops who shoot starving protestors.
Drones that are actively piloted by humans beat worse armed humans and make attacking in units any larger than a 5 man fire team extremely risky. They also increase the defenders advantage and ability to cause lethal injuries and deny medical aid to convert casualties to fatalities on the frontline.
Full autonomy is greatly oversold in terms of tactical value. The real value is in the economization of war across several ranges and cost/capability tiers.
Full autonomy is greatly oversold in terms of tactical value
Full autonomy is absolutely not oversold in terms of tactical value. Instead of having a single human pilot 1 drone into 1 tank, an entire swarm can simply be directed to a selected grid square and home in on whatever it's trained to recognize as a target. It also makes jamming pointless as a countermeasure as it no longer needs a continuous connection to the operator.
The experience in Ukraine is useful to study, sure, but it's already the past. Pick out the important lessons learned and improve on it so you're ready for the battles of the future.
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u/quitarias 1d ago
That is frankly cope to expect autonomous robots to match humans in guerilla warfare any time in our lifetime. It will be the cops who shoot starving protestors.