Hypervelocity munitions will abound...so to will the counter to Electric technology..that being EMP and multi phasing EMP weapons.
Armies will need sheiding..from armor suites to field generators on battle equipment..or they will be *Microwaved to death where they sit and stand.
With certain nations falling behind in the arms race..the temptation to use EMP burst on the battlefield ,air and sea will be tempting.... their only feasible response.
Pandoras box will be opened when Micro nukes finally appear.
Jihadi to some Arab armies may purchase said devices from 3rd party brokers...Europe and China...Russia too if they can keep their hands clean.
I can forsee Egypt loosing all her M1A1's in the Sinai to Israel in such a scenario....from searing their attenna's and cascade failure progression on electronics..to EMP'ing the area above them via nukes.
Massed mechanized forces may be in for a rude suprise in the near future.
Part two of a three-part series on our evolving armed forces
NORRISTOWN - Talk of military transformation is an abstract notion for many U.S. Army Reserve troops rebuilding war-torn Iraq thousands of miles from home. The burning question on their minds is: When will we get transformed from soldiers to civilians again?