docb said:
I'm sure it works. The poster questioning it just doesn't want it to work. There will be lots of anti drone warfare development as a result of this conflict.
Can confirm
It's an intangible qualifier of one of the "benefits" we get from this conflict. We ALL knew drones were the next paradigm shift in warfare. Classic USA though goes for the sexiest, largest, most expensive route. MQ9s are frankly fantastic pieces of engineering. Orrrr, blow up tanks with $500 Mavics works too. This and the mines issue has forced us again to look at how we do things and reevaluate hard. Among other things. Lotsa project shifts going on and new ones popping up as we speak.
We are learning so much in this new war about what works, what doesn't, and maybe most importantly , scalability. Again, I will never be able to prove it but I am absolutely convinced future American lives are already being saved in our next hot war.