In my book “The Future of War,” which was published in 1996, I wrote that the future of warfare would be based on unmanned aerial vehicles and extreme targeting precision provided by satellite-based intelligence. That future is clearly here; the war in Ukraine suggested as much, and the war in Iran has confirmed it. I am mentioning my book not to take a bow (who would I be kidding?) but to emphasize that the wars of the 20th century, built around ground warfare, manned aircraft and surface vessels, are becoming obsolete the same way cavalries became outdated a century ago. We are still in the process of this evolution, so the past is not yet gone, but the future has arrived.
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