Drones and naval warfare

This story of China using a drone to keep tabs on US Navy ships passing through the Taiwan straight raises an interesting question of how drones (UAVs) will affect naval warfare in the future.  I am not sure anyone knows.

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Cool tech

The proliferation of drones is hard to keep up with.

Heating up

Iran looks like it is pushing to pick a fight. Note at the end of the story the bit about the drone.

XQ-58A

I’ve posted on this thing previously.  It seems to have come out of nowhere.  I can see where something like this will be very valuable as a force multiplier, which the US really needs if China is our biggest strategic threat.

Skyborg

Interesting article on the integration of UAVs as wingmen/force multipliers for our manned fighter aircraft.  I have little doubt that this is the wave of the future in air warfare.  My question is how quickly it can be accomplished, and can any other countries develop such technology fairly quickly.

RAF drone gets new missile

The RAF version of the the MQ-9B is going to be armed in the future with the British-built Brimstone missile.

Air to Air UAV kill

Yes, it was only practice.  However, I suspect that we will see more of this over the next 20 years.

Navy UAV

I find it interesting that the USN chose to go with a refueling mission for their first aircraft carrier drone aircraft.  I would have thought fighter or bomber.  I am wondering if they are hoping to eventually build off the same platform for other missions.

Well, this was bound to happen

Middle Eastern terror groups using drones to attack airports.  I predict something like this in the US or Europe in the near future.

Hypersonic weapons

The two areas I really expect to see develop in the military over the next ten years are UAVs (in the form of actual combat vehicles, as opposed to recon drones) and hypersonic weapons.  Keep an eye on these areas.