[eno_]

Yes. Look at it this way: The JDAM means a squad can "carry" dozens of 200-15,000# HE bombs into battle with at least the same precision of mortars and artillery.

That means a rethink of, among other things, mobile howitzers, ground-toground missiles, etc. since the planes carrying the JDAMs fly anywhere in any weather.

And that means a rethink of the whole traditional infantry/armor/supply-chain thing.

We have sent 300,000 soldiers to the area around Iraq. Only a maximum of 30,000 (maybe much less) can fight this new way. Maybe we need something like a really large drone bomber to loiter over an army? Who knows! Things are changing faster than we can adapt every part, or even most parts of the military.

[balrog666]

Maybe we need something like a really large drone bomber to loiter over an army?

Right now that's a 50-year-old B-52!

[MississippiMan]

Maybe we need something like a really large drone bomber to loiter over an army?

Like Clancy foresaw in The Bear and the Dragon?

MM