„Wir müssen von nun an davon ausgehen, dass unsere Formationen von autonomen Systemen gejagt, im gesamten Spektrum blockiert und in Echtzeit verfolgt werden.“" General Dan Caine sagte.
Joint Chiefs chairman says U.S. forces must prepare to be ‘hunted’ by autonomous systems
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The age of AI-enabled drone warfare is here, and U.S. military leaders should assume that their troops will be “hunted” by autonomous systems on the battlefield, according to America’s top officer.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine highlighted the threat during a keynote speech Wednesday at AFA’s annual Air, Space and Cyber Conference, citing the Ukraine-Russia war as an example.
“In Ukraine, we see … first-person view drones operating in heavily contested [electromagnetic interference] environments, some now using AI-enabled computer vision to continue to drive towards targets even when there’s no GPS or the links are cut. That gives small units affordable precision and shows how quickly software and autonomy are changing what is possible at the tactical edge. And the results are stark,” Caine said.
“In certain locations on the front line of troops right now, the life expectancy of a new Russian recruit arriving on the front lines is as little as 20 to 30 minutes. Think about that. This is what happens when low-cost precision [weaponry] is fielded fast, adapted quickly, and scaled across the battlefield. The price of lethal exchange is decreasing day over day. One wonders what the future of close air support looks like, but I am comforted by the fact that each and every one of you are in this room thinking about that,” he told conference attendees.
American forces need to be ready to operate in that type of conflict environment, he noted.
“We have to assume from now on that our formations will be hunted by autonomous systems, jammed across the spectrum, and tracked in real time. And we have to transition the joint force to be prepared to fight and win our future wars by generating and delivering lethality at scale with an agile, optimized, high-low mix of combat capabilities to give the young members of the 2.8 million member all-volunteer joint force the tools that they need before they need them,” Caine said.
The psychological impact of watching friendly troops hunted down by drones like we do in Ukraine is going to be a big issue for western countries.
The grainy from a distance camcorder footage from Iraq and Afghanistan of ied attacks is going to be replaced with 4K fpv footage.
It’ll be interesting to see how this affects support for future wars and recruitment.
Time to start living life with a double barrel 12 gauge under their trench coats.
EMP Screening zones about to become important I suppose.
Say goodbye to any sort of maneuver element larger than company-size.
I can’t wait to watch videos of this happening. About damn time!