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How has the battlefield changed in your lifetime? I imagine tactics are changing every day with each new advancement in equipment, but did you foresee the role of drones playing such a large role in current conflicts? It seems like we are heading towards wars where soldiers will never be in line of sight or am I thinking far too down the road?

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Thanks for this response. I was thinking about the concept of suicide drone squads too, glad you mentioned it. I've seen some tech companies working on drone swarm technology, match that with facial recognition and some basic A.I. programing and I imagine the CIA most wanted list evaporating. The drones are what concern me the most but you also mentioned how the US has loads of tech yet the "JV teams" (to quote trump) are still giving us trouble. I always imagine that is by design to keep the military alert and battle ready. I mean whats better than war games than actual war? Would it be that hard to rig up some kind of ground penetrating radar to sweep roads before convoys to fight against the ever effective IEDs?

Thanks again, I'm getting some good perspective in this thread.