Comments by "William Warren" (@wbwarren57) on "Task & Purpose"
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Video Topic Suggestion: The End of the Manned Armored Vehicle & Large Artillery Era
In the mid 1930s, aircraft were too slow and unable to carry enough firepower to really threaten battleships - but aviation technologies (airframes, engines, weapons) were exploding at that time and 10 years later it was apparent to everyone that the era of the battleship was well and truly over.
Today, drone technology is exploding (smaller size, greater range, less weight and volume, more loiter time, man portable, more explosive force, easier to use, fire-an-forget, AI target identification, drone swarms, wider range of sensors (including TV, IR, radar, motion detectors), etc.) and the Ukraine war is conclusively demonstrating that the era of tanks, armored personnel carriers, and large artillery pieces (both stationary and mobile) is over. For the weight of one (1) main battle tank - 100,000 lbs - you can fly in 1,000 to 2,000 Javelin or Stinger missiles. It is hard to come to any other conclusion that we are witnessing the "Pearl Harbor" moment for manned armored vehicles and large artillery pieces that will largely chase them off of future battlefields.
As a student of warfare, you might want to think about (if you haven't already) what modern armies will look like and of what they will be composed in the next 10, 20, and 30 years. In this case, I emphasize the relative near term because the changes we are seeing are so dramatic.
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