Claims that drones will replace fighters and ships

Who promotes the claim that drones will replace fighters and ships?

Every generation of military technology attracts predictions that one invention will displace everything else, and the answer rejects that recurring claim.

Claims that drones will replace fighters and ships repeat an older pattern in military forecasting. Each generation produces advocates who expect a new technology to dominate every role. The answer rejects that expectation and treats today's drone claims as another example.