[Travis McGee]

I have no idea if the geeks "flying" these things feel anything much, since they are in zero danger. Even VN era flyboys, who avoided the mud etc, lived with the knowledge that a lucky "million dollar BB" could send them to a bamboo cage or worse. Not anymore.

The Predators use a combined high res video for day and FLIR together. It's very hard to hide your heat, almost impossible. It can only be done in earth bunkers etc, a poncho or blanket ro pretend you are a rock (which the Afghans used against Soviet helos) won't help.

The Predators of course need intell to know where to look and who to look for, but they don't need anyone to lase a target. They have their own on board. It's all done via sat data link remotely.

Like you said, it's going to be tough to be a guerrilla in the old sense any more. The only camouflage which will work will be UPS brown or gray pinstripes etc.

[SauronOfMordor]

For a long time I've been thinking that the next stage in development in land warfare will be patterned after how aircraft carriers replaced battleships on the sea.

Visualize vehicles that are the land-equivalent of carriers, launching small armed drones and controling them from 100 miles away from the heavy fighting