An Army unit based in Europe that was specializing in drone warfare has been directed to end its efforts to learn and use the battlefield technology and return to being a traditional infantry battalion, officials said Thursday.
For more nearly a year, soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade have been experimenting and building their own drones, as well as participating in drills on waging unmanned warfare after Ukraine pioneered such tactics in its yearslong conflict with Russia. Last November, 600 soldiers formed a battalion that specialized in drone warfare and was set up to be used as a dedicated unit that could deploy anywhere drones were required.
Gen. Christopher LaNeve, the Army’s acting chief of staff, has ordered the battalion to refocus on its core mission of being an airborne infantry unit, according to two U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal Army deliberations.
This decision would seem to be short-sighted, if not downright insane. Kegsbreath and others can bury their heads in the sand and pretend that drones will go away, but on a modern battlefield, as we're seeing in Europe, soldiers moving without heavy drone coverage will be annihilated.
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Some will be starting semaphore training next week. Trump thinks his dancing looks the same.
The new carriers should be coal fired. Even B-52s
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