Having seen these weapons test driven for two years in Ukraine, I’d expect to see significant changes on the arms market in the future. Lots and lots more drones, missiles and cheap, cheap FAB bombs. The market for targets, armor and warships, should collapse.
I don’t see why demand for tanks and mechanised vehicles should go down when they have been in high demand in Ukraine. FPV drones can’t screen or transport infantry as of yet.
Also, demand for warships is unlikely to go down, what will happen (and is happening) is that new warships are being constructed with modular design and flexible mission bays so that they can be configured to act as drone ‘motherships’.
They are also still needed as platforms for missiles and to carry marines.
whois query for sipri.org"STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE" --- "SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources."Domain: sipri.org
Registrar: Network Solutions, LLC
Registered On: 1997-10-16
Registrant Contact State: FL
Country: USAll other data about sipri.org is "redacted for privacy," in the ICANN lingo.
It is interesting that this Swedish entity was registered in Florida. Odd. Interesting. It avoids thereby certain EU reporting requirements for websites and hosting. Interesting that the registrant's further "Florida" info is "redacted" all the while the organization publishes its snail-mail address in Sweden.
Given that currently the US war budget is ten times the Russian war budget, it is amusing to note that France's war budget nears Russia war budget in "official" reporting, while Saudi Arabia spends more, even closer to Russia's though slightly less.
Sounds like war is a far better business opportunity than peace, for which Stockholm's "peace" institute is named.