MILITARY weapons and equipment magazines and exhibition brochures summarize the latest trends in the preparation for a defensive war as follows: maximizing the military potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and the move toward weapons with multipurpose capabilities; advances in robotic and autonomous systems from solely explosive ordnance disposal to wider capabilities such as chemical, biological, radiological nuclear and explosive detection; unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned amphibious systems to more flexible counter-manned systems and how humans can interact with unmanned vehicles.

– Drones. A weapons manufacturer advertises 'A sky full of drones ... The future has arrived for better or for worse.'