Thursday, April 02, 2026

Combined Arms Changes

New weapons should change Army combined arms operations.

This is fair:

Drones are profoundly changing the Army’s approach to aviation and combined arms training, Maj. Gen. Clair A. Gill, commanding general of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, told Military Times in an interview.

I wonder about attack helicopters over the modern battlefield

As for drones, of course they change combined arms. And widely fielded counter-drone systems could eventually do the same. So this is relevant, too:

However, fighting methods from Ukraine should not be broadly applied to American forces, he noted, due to differences in U.S. tactics and capabilities. 

Endorsed! And let's not forget difference in the drone defense issue.

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NOTE: Photo from the article.