Many of the most decisive advantages in modern warfare aren't loud or dramatic. They're deliberate, disciplined, and precise. Precision firearms allowed U.S. forces to shape the battlefield before an enemy ever realized they were engaged, forcing movement, hesitation, and withdrawal. These weapons have totally changed the modern battlefield by shifting the emphasis from massed firepower to accuracy, discrimination, and controlled effects.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine will have long-lasting consequences for all of us. Like the 1939 invasion of Poland introduced the world to 'blitzkrieg'-high-speed tanks and air power quickly jumping enveloping and eliminating enemy lines-this war is the herald of a new military era of relentless unmanned war machines hunting the enemy through air, land, and water. The drones are part of a new, high-speed technological race with a major unintended consequence: endless miles of plastic string pollution.