“I have no idea if this story is true, but it would be better to assume it is and plan for it versus dismissing only to be slapped with reality one day.”
The arms race is no longer bulky aircraft carriers, tanks, and fighter jets. An army of stealthy AI drones could devastate the current US military. The Russians learned what cheap, dumb drones could do to their tank battalions.
For the cost of one F35 you can produce 7,000 drones at 5,000 each. This is not unreasonable once your technology is designed and nailed down. So, for the cost of a hundred F35s you could have 700,000 drones. And drone swarm technology already exists, one person controlling hundreds of drones is possible. Add AI.
That I agree with, hopefully we are not still fighting a WW II style war and instead building toward a Skynet Terminator type of war.
Obviously we are not at that level yet but I can see in my lifetime a Skynet Terminator type situation.
One can only imagine what drone technology will look like in 5-10 years, autonomous drone swarms would overwhelm any sort of air defenses that exist today, the possibilities are limitless.
However, every time there is a leap forward in technology on the battlefield, there will always be some type of countermeasures developed, the questions is what type of countermeasures will be developed to defend against and possibly defeat drone swarms.
“For the cost of one F35 you can produce 7,000 drones at 5,000 each. This is not unreasonable once your technology is designed and nailed down. So, for the cost of a hundred F35s you could have 700,000 drones. And drone swarm technology already exists, one person controlling hundreds of drones is possible. Add AI.”
Biden wants to give the contract to build them to China! And, get his cut!