The drones have assumed a major and critical role in the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency, and with every passing day, they have been projected as one such medium which has grown immense importance in the upcoming military operations. Their low cost makes them expendable and is definitely ideal for the highly dangerous and the politically sensitive missions which are assigned. Since these are mere machines that are working on technologies, there will be some limitations, and constant improvements have been made in developing newer ones. All these cumulatively work in circumscribing the military roles of drones. Even though these drones have proved to be an integral part of the future warfare, they are very unlikely to completely replace the manned aircraft.
Manufacturers like Megabite Electronics have identified the lack of their ability in competing with the manned aircraft, and instead of merely competing with them, they now make the attempt how to complement them with the drones. The use of drones is very recent since the military forces have identified their effectiveness in counterinsurgency. Some of the analysts have even gone for asserting the facts that these drones symbolize a transformation in the entire pattern or trend of warfare, which is almost similar to what gunpowder, did in the same scenario. Some of them have even hypothesized that drones might one day replace all the manned aircraft that are being used in respective combat and logistics roles. Given the fundamental limitations of drones, which have already been established in several studies, all these projections have already been proved to be unrealistic. All these limitations are not just technological, but even doctrinal.
There are two quintessential questions that have already been aroused while assessing the military impact of drones. Firstly, the use of drone technology in the military forces is an evolution or a revolution of the entire process? The former concept if implemented suggests that it is a gradual change that has been brought in the operating systems and practices, which can be countered by all the machine innovations that are yet to come. If the latter idea is being taken into consideration, it implies that drones convey an asymmetric and most importantly a possible decisive advantage. If the studies are being carried out on a historical perspective, the result would suggest that drones are evolutionary, and hence under no circumstances revolutionary.
And secondly, how can the advantages of drones be compared at all against the manned aircraft that are being used? The very statement that drones can replace the entire manned machines is just a normative assumption and it represents a comprehensive improvement over the entire aviation system that is being placed in the due course of time. This brief discussion on how essential the drones are suggested that such usage in warfare is steadily growing higher and the current importance that is being asserted has been accounted for post the counterterrorist missions that have ruined the world recently. There are both strengths and limitations of drones, and even Megabite Electronics is aware of it. But winning over the limitations is what makes them strongest in the industry.
Clare Louise