The Death of the Human Soldier

War is hell.

This we know.

But is it on its way to becoming somewhat less hellish?

Sure looks like it.

No doubt, the human toll of the war in Ukraine (for instance) is staggering. But even as Russia’s ruthless invasion drags on, it’s clear that most of the conflict’s casualties have, in fact, been robots.

Increasingly, unmanned vehicles are doing the dirty work.

Just look at what happened over the weekend…

The Ukrainian military dedicated a year and a half of planning to something it called “Spiderweb,” or what the public has taken to calling “Trojan Trucks.”

Effectively, they smuggled thousands of drones deep into Russian territory, parking truckfulls in close proximity to military bases. When everything was in place, the drones deployed remotely, flew out to Russian airfields and decimated the fleet of bombers Vadimir Putin has been using to terrorize Ukrainian cities.

It was another embarrassing defeat that left the Russians looking gobsmacked as their ostensibly weaker opponent dealt another punishing blow.

Over 40 Russian bombers were hit, evaporating $7 billion worth of military equipment. All orchestrated by soldiers thousands of miles away.

Coincidentally, several Russian bridges also spontaneously collapsed, severing key transportation arteries.

And this is just the latest incident of Ukraine deploying drones in a novel, lethal, and game-changing way.

Back in the early days of the war, Ukraine forced Russia’s navy to retreat from the Black Sea with seaborne drones.

Ukrainian forces even disseminated a video to prove it. Shot from the bow of a tiny vessel, the video showed the drone speeding into the side of the massive ship just as the camera feed cut out. 

Another crashed into a support structure of the Kerch Bridge — a vital 12-mile-long highway that connects Crimea to Russia — causing a partial collapse.

In a third instance, 16 drones descended on Russia’s Black Sea fleet in a massive swarm.That attack damaged the fleet’s flagship, the Admiral Makarov, and blew up at least one auxiliary vessel in the process.

So while aerial drone attacks on Moscow high-rises and Russian troop positions have been getting most of the attention, Ukraine’s seaborne drone program has been just as effective. And better still, these drones are cheap and easy to make.

You could build one in a garage for $250,000.

Nevertheless, they can carry 600 lbs of explosives, have a range of roughly 500 miles, and travel as fast as 50 mph, making them faster than any other craft in the Black Sea.

That means they’re small, fast, and nimble enough to avoid detection and interception. And they pack enough of a punch to disable billion-dollar destroyers and Europe’s longest bridge.

This is the defining element of 21st-century warfare. It’s the great equalizer that lets smaller forces with fewer resources level the playing field with the world’s best-equipped superpowers.

Ukraine knows it. Russia has learned the hard way. And America and China are taking notes. By this point, everyone understands that the days of throwing human bodies into the fray are coming to an end.

Soon it’s just going to be our robots versus theirs.

That’s why President Trump has made drones and AI the Pentagon’s top priority. And created a massive profit opportunity for investors in the process.

So if you want to find out more, get my latest report on Donald Trump’s AI victory plan right here.