“And do you suppose the location of whoever was launching and guiding said “kamikaze” drones could not be easily and quickly located and annihilated?”
As drone lift capacity and on-board computational power increase, I doubt it would be hard for the experts to launch an autonomous drone with pre-programmed GPS target coordinates and leave before retribution occurred. I also expect target image recognition to become a reality if not already so. Someday no “pilot” will be needed after the initial launch.
I do not disagree with that hypothesis, but said capabilities are not currently widespread nor “cheap”, nor could those who launched said vehicles easily escape retaliation (currently).
As I said before, technology advances and what has been posited will be possibly, but at this time, it is not as easily said as done.
Now, for the real question, how long will it be until such tech is common and able to be used against us in such a manner? I’m thinking in a decade or less, so it will likely be coming, but I’m not of the opinion that the capability is there at this time.
Intelligence is paramount, and perhaps that is the arena in which we are truly falling behind.