It’s not just that drones will be a decisive factor, that has already been the case with air power for >30 years. What’s terrifying to me is that drone warfare intrinsically favors the attacker—drones can’t defend you against drones, you can only retaliate, like with nuclear weapons. Unlike nuclear weapons, the threshold for using them in war is very, very low, as is the technological barrier to entry.
It’s not just that drones will be a decisive factor, that has already been the case with air power for >30 years. What’s terrifying to me is that drone warfare intrinsically favors the attacker—drones can’t defend you against drones, you can only retaliate, like with nuclear weapons. Unlike nuclear weapons, the threshold for using them in war is very, very low, as is the technological barrier to entry.