On September 10, the Spanish World Wide Web published a report entitled "Weapons Dominating the Next Generation Battlefield". The full text is as follows:
Since 2000, when the media widely reported the concepts such as unmanned aerial vehicles or cyber warfare, a question appeared, that is, how the weapon system will develop in the next few decades. Michael Ohanlon, an analyst at Brookings Institution, pointed out in his report "Forecast of Military Technological Change in 2020-2040" that "the technological change of war in the next twenty years will be faster and more remarkable than that in the previous two decades".
Hypersonic missiles are just one of the weapons that are considered to dominate the battlefield in the next few decades. Others include the system evolution we saw in the post-"9. 1 1" conflicts, such as drones moving in groups or at high speed; It seems that unmanned tanks commanded by artificial intelligence will also appear; Even weapons reminiscent of science fiction, such as lasers or microwaves, should not be excluded.
In fact, in hypothetical future conflicts, hypersonic missiles are often considered as one of the weapons that rival countries will use to attack American aircraft carriers. Lieutenant General Jon Hill, director of the US Missile Defense Agency, recently made such a statement. He told the US Senate that "our aircraft carrier is facing the threat of hypersonic missiles entering our opponent's arsenal".
At the same time, Russia has indicated that it will use hypersonic missiles to deal with the missile defense system deployed by the United States near its border. Peskov, spokesman of the Kremlin, made this statement on July 20th, shortly after the Russian army successfully test-fired a "Zircon" cruise missile with a speed of Mach 7.
The United States hopes to narrow the gap with its competitors. MDA has applied to Congress for a total budget of $3.8 billion, of which $256 million is dedicated to developing a defense system against hypersonic missiles.
Another weapon system that seems to be more advanced in development progress is the drone group. The uses and capabilities of drones are constantly developing. The UAV group will cooperate to carry out various military operations, such as attacking targets, defending positions and establishing air superiority. ...
This is not just gathering many drones together, but each drone is guided by its operator and performs a specific task. This situation has already appeared in recent conflicts such as the Naka War in 2020.
Zach Calenborn, a contributor to the military media "National Defense No.1" website, explained to this website: "A real UAV group needs advanced communication systems and artificial intelligence algorithms to coordinate the actions of UAVs. This requires the most advanced technology. " Calenborn also pointed out that when these systems are fully operational, "one operator can operate 10 UAVs or even 100 UAVs at the same time".
The development of a weapon system also means that the equipment to deal with it is also under study. As far as drones are concerned, laser and microwave weapons are used to achieve confrontation. For example, the US Army has developed a tactical high-power microwave combat transponder, which is a microwave system used to shoot down drones. Russia also claims to have a similar device that can strike targets within 10 km.
Lasers are also regarded as anti-UAV weapons. Don't think of portable weapons such as rifles or pistols that appear in science fiction. Laser weapon is a weapon system deployed on large platforms such as warships to shoot.
Artificial intelligence is another technology that has attracted much attention in many fields: automobiles, medicine, logistics ... The military also pays attention to the use of robots that can run autonomously on the battlefield. But there seems to be a lot of work to be done to make the chariot make decisions like a real soldier.
But steps have been taken in this direction. Russia has deployed Uranus -9 unmanned combat vehicle, which can accept remote control, but it is also equipped with sensors that automatically detect enemies. This is its theoretical performance, because as Zach Calenborn said, "Many chariots have been tested in Syria, but their performance has been questioned".
When people are talking about the most powerful air force in the world (such as the American F-35) or the most advanced fighters that will be used in the near future, the sixth generation fighters have gradually emerged. It is estimated that they will be put into use in the 1930s, and will have cyber warfare capability or very advanced stealth systems.