BLUF
Drone warfare in Ukraine mirrors World War I’s crisis of mobility, exposing armoured forces to devastating precision attacks. Future manoeuvre warfare requires drone swarms operating in the ‘air littoral’, replacing tanks as the primary platform.Learning Outcomes
- Analyse the impact of drone warfare on modern military manoeuvre, comparing its effects on battlefield mobility with the influence of machine guns and artillery during World War I.
- Evaluate the concept of the air littoral’ and the role of AI-enabled drone systems as potential successors to traditional armoured vehicles in future manoeuvre warfare.
- Assess the technological, doctrinal, and organisational changes required for militaries to transition from manned armoured formations to robotic, drone-based manoeuvre forces.
