Why drone forces still depend on communications

Is drone warfare likely to follow a hybrid approach?

Yes. Vulnerable communications and supporting satellites make an exclusively drone-based force an unreliable assumption.

A hybrid force remains the expected outcome because drones depend on communications. Assuming that supporting satellites will remain untouched is a poor basis for planning a major-power war. Peacetime restraint can depend on the same powers that would become opponents in that conflict. The discussion also includes major regional powers among the states whose space capabilities matter.