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re: Are ground forces trending towards obsolescence as war drones become more prevalent?
Posted on 3/27/26 at 3:43 pm to weagle1999
Posted on 3/27/26 at 3:43 pm to weagle1999
Drone operators in neighborhood near you fighting the war. Meet them for beer “after work”.
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Posted on 3/27/26 at 5:58 pm to weagle1999
People have been predicting the end of infantry since the first time someone got dropped by a spear and realized you could kill at a distance.
Drones extend reach and visibility. They make individual soldiers more exposed and compress the distance between detection and death. Just like your trench warfare example, drones change infantry tactics, but they don't remove the need for infantry. Machine guns didn’t replace soldiers, they changed how they moved. Same with tanks, same with airpower.
What actually changes:
No safe rear areas anymore.
Constant overhead surveillance.
Faster kill chain from detection to strike.
Smaller, more dispersed units with more autonomy. The US is head and shoulders above most other armies in this regard and it's not as easy to evolve an entire institution to this mindset as it is to field drones.
What doesn’t change:
You still need bodies to take ground.
You still need humans to clear and hold buildings.
You still need presence to control territory and populations over time.
A drone can fly into a room and kill someone. It can’t secure that room or hold the block afterward.
Drones extend reach and visibility. They make individual soldiers more exposed and compress the distance between detection and death. Just like your trench warfare example, drones change infantry tactics, but they don't remove the need for infantry. Machine guns didn’t replace soldiers, they changed how they moved. Same with tanks, same with airpower.
What actually changes:
No safe rear areas anymore.
Constant overhead surveillance.
Faster kill chain from detection to strike.
Smaller, more dispersed units with more autonomy. The US is head and shoulders above most other armies in this regard and it's not as easy to evolve an entire institution to this mindset as it is to field drones.
What doesn’t change:
You still need bodies to take ground.
You still need humans to clear and hold buildings.
You still need presence to control territory and populations over time.
A drone can fly into a room and kill someone. It can’t secure that room or hold the block afterward.
This post was edited on 3/27/26 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 3/27/26 at 6:04 pm to weagle1999
Sci Fi author Gene Wolfe predicted this in 1970.
quote:
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The HORARS of War
" is a 1970 science fiction short story by Gene Wolfe, first published in the anthology Nova 1. It follows a reporter who embeds with artificial android footsoldiers (the HORARS) in a future war to report on their experiences. It explores themes of warfare and automation.
Key Details About the Story:
Author: Gene Wolfe, a Korean War veteran.
Publication: Nova 1 (1970), edited by Harry Harrison. It later appeared in the collection Endangered Species.
Plot: The story focuses on combat robots/androids (2910 is a key designation) in a war zone.
Context: It is often considered a commentary on the impersonal nature of modern warfare.
Note: The results refer to "HORARS" (Androids) rather than "Horrors."
This post was edited on 3/27/26 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 3/27/26 at 10:42 pm to weagle1999
GI Drunk doesnt think so
Posted on 3/27/26 at 11:29 pm to weagle1999
The only thing countries have now learned is that by stockpiling a shitload of ballistic missles from China and holding 100K cheap drones, you can repel basically any force in earth if you are nation is built like a fortress.
Posted on 3/27/26 at 11:36 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
you can repel basically any force in earth if you are nation is built like a fortress.
So which countries are built like a fortress and could repel the US military?
Posted on 3/28/26 at 6:36 am to boxcarbarney
The drones are changing the fabric of war but robots are right on the heel. With AI Skynet is getting closer each year!
Posted on 3/28/26 at 6:51 am to weagle1999
Essentially bombs now fly themselves to their targets. The country with the most attack drones and the most interceptor drones that can survive an extended attack will win. It is a certainty that space weapons are coming, regardless of any treaty barring them.
EMP’s would also be extremely effective as a first strike, in a drone environment.
EMP’s would also be extremely effective as a first strike, in a drone environment.
This post was edited on 3/28/26 at 7:02 am
Posted on 3/28/26 at 10:05 am to boxcarbarney
Lmao that was one of my favorite movies as a kid. frickin terrible movie but big robots man.
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