An Army unit based in Europe that was specializing in drone warfare has been directed to end its efforts to learn and use the battlefield technology and return to being a traditional infantry battalion, officials said Thursday.
For more nearly a year, soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade have been experimenting and building their own drones, as well as participating in drills on waging unmanned warfare after Ukraine pioneered such tactics in its yearslong conflict with Russia. Last November, 600 soldiers formed a battalion that specialized in drone warfare and was set up to be used as a dedicated unit that could deploy anywhere drones were required.
Gen. Christopher LaNeve, the Army’s acting chief of staff, has ordered the battalion to refocus on its core mission of being an airborne infantry unit, according to two U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal Army deliberations. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported the change.
Currently fighting a war against a nation supplying (and is master of) drones to a nation currently at war with another nation who is countering (and is master of) drones.
Best thing to do would be to learn from the nation countering said drones and work closely with other european nations in countering and using drones for the new landscape of war.
Nah, dont be silly.
Its almost like theyre ruining your nations military on purpose…
… after Ukraine pioneered such tactics in its yearslong conflict with Russia
Doubtless they meant to write ‘after Ukraine pioneered such tactics during the yearslong invasion by Russia’.
We are so lucky nobody’s decided to test our conventional warfare capability (yet).
Trump is very obviously actively gutting it.
How’d this guy get Putin charge?
it wasnt that long ago that ukraine’s relatively small drone division decimated eu armored division in a wargame. what changed?
We’ve seen the face of warfare change with drones in Ukraine and Iran allowing an outnumbered force to hold off aggressors.
Trump shuts off civilian drones with lidar or infrared, now this military program. It’s almost like he does not want anyone who may offer opposition to the have latest technology.
