Ukraine's Drone Swarms Highlight Western Military Obsolescence

The conflict in Ukraine has become a live-fire laboratory for AI-driven warfare, establishing a new paradigm that western military doctrines are struggling to match. While NATO countries focus on large, expensive platforms, Ukraine is deploying thousands of low-cost, AI-enabled autonomous drones, creating a distributed, resilient, and attritable force. This pivot from exquisite to expendable systems, reminiscent of the broader tech industry’s shift from mainframes to distributed computing, fundamentally challenges the West