I’m convinced that the next paradigm will be shipbased drone swarms as the leading edge. The ships will be drones that are submergible nucs that can launch swarms of smaller airbased drones that are similar to tomohawks in that they can be programmed to arrive at a GPS location following a certain route at a certain time, but instead of just detonating they will launch their arms and then return to the ship or another location for refurb/refuel.
Personnel and maintenance costs would be much less, need for logistics is greatly reduced, and the ships and drones can be engineered to perform at specifications that would not be possible if they were manned. It’s coming.
And it's not like someone like the Iranians could confuse your drones - or is it