The future of war is unmanned and underwater

The Ukraine War offers a compelling moral reminder of a wronged people's determination to resist naked aggression. From a more practical perspective, it has delivered a powerful technological message about the potential for unmanned systems in modern warfare. Deployed at scale, drones are fundamentally changing the character of combat. On the other side of the world, the U.S. faces a direct military challenge from China, which seeks to overturn the U.S. alliance system in Asia through the conquest of Taiwan and domination of the Indo-Pacific. It is therefore time to learn and apply to this the lessons of Ukraine. For…