I'm not sure how true that is. Sure it's what we're seeing in Ukraine right now with both sides using them a lot, but my understanding is that has to due with the fact that neither side is able to get air superiority with conventional aircraft. The same reason Iran is using a lot of drones now. It doesn't seem like the US would be in a conflict where they don't have air superiority.

Now I would agree that the US military can still find uses for drones, and that many of the people it fights will have a large usage of drones, but I don't think it's fair to say all conflict will be based around them.

Still seems to be cyber warfare and mass social engineering.

The whole selling point of drones is that they are _cheap_. Spending billions brings you back to missile territory.

> All future and present conflict is fundamentally based around drones.

...all the more reason to reduce spending on them.