The Army and Air Force of the Future

... ammunition. Since the mainstream small arms used today were designed some 50 years ago, replacing them will mark a real revolution. We may witness a similar revolution in the widespread adoption of a new type of weapon—small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for both reconnaissance and strike missions (subject to size and weight limitations, wearable strike drones will be represented by single-use “kamikaze” drones in the near future). Reconnaissance UAVs have already become mainstream equipment ...