So you are saying the US just showed to the world that it is not prepared for modern warfare?

Huh me?

Nope I think that's nothing new and that was already in the news like months ago when countries started asking Ukraine to buy drone warfare know-how.

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bulbar 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Really not sure how to interpret this thread. I could buy a drone for 100 bucks 10 years ago.

Using cheap drones for asymmetric warfare can't be new or surprising for a country with a supposed vast intelligence network. Or for a country that's supposed to have a modern military which means having effective answers to what an enemy throws at you in battle.

	▲	ozim 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		My favorite example is how NATO recognized cyberspace as operational domain in 2016 — like no one there watched or heard about a movie from 1983 called „War Games”. I think you vastly overestimate speed with which people acknowledge new facts. Second best is only Catholic Church fully acknowledging heliocentric theories in 1992.
	▲	fc417fc802 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> can't be new or surprising Indeed it isn't. The military has been doing cheap drone swarm research since well before ukraine. But I think that for everyone - including the military - whether or not the people in charge update their worldviews is an entirely separate matter.