[packagingguy]

I’ve heard the rifle, the main battle instrument for centuries, will be relegated to a personal defense weapons by drones.

[ansel12]

There are already counter measures using the rifle, special scopes that track the drone and special shot bullets for drones.

“A new type of rifle bullet in Ukraine could give infantry a better way to survive unjammable drone attacks”
https://www.businessinsider.com/rifle-bullet-fpv-anti-drones-ukraine-war-unjammable-nato-2025-7

“U.S. Army deploys cutting-edge smart rifle scopes that automatically shoot down enemy drones in combat”
https://www.foxnews.com/us/u-s-army-deploys-cutting-edge-13m-smart-rifle-scopes-automatically-shoot-down-enemy-drones-combat

[Myrddin]

I’ve heard the rifle, the main battle instrument for centuries, will be relegated to a personal defense weapons by drones.

The opening scenes of "Angel Has Fallen" include a drone strike on the US President while fishing. Huge swarms of drones take out his Secret Service detail. One person is spared by facial recognition to be blamed for setting up the attack. It gives insight to how helpless people on the ground can be when targeted by swarms of drones.