Predictions that aircraft, rockets, or changing forms of war would make tube artillery obsolete repeatedly failed because guns remained efficient at delivering massed fire. Drones fit the older observation role: they find targets and correct fire while artillery supplies scalable force. As a drone takes on more payload and tasks, it also becomes larger, more complex, and more expensive. This information advantage supports layered defense, yet institutions repeatedly forget redundancy when promised a cheaper, more efficient single system. War remains adversarial and messy, so ships can still be sunk and even a sound plan can fail because the enemy acts intelligently too.
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Why drones reinforce artillery and layered defense
Claims that drones replace artillery repeat older predictions about aircraft and rockets; their strongest effect is often to improve reconnaissance while layered defenses absorb uncertainty.