The US Military Focuses on small numbers of large platforms, which could be problemtic.
Christian Brose points at our preoccupation with “Military Platforms” - multi-million (or multi-billion) dollar platforms which represent certain mission functionality (e.g. Aircraft Carriers, types of planes, or subs, or tanks) - is getting in the way of a focus on being able to effectively win a war. Having good cards in your hand doesn’t mean you will win the game. He argues we should instead focus on improving our ability to execute The Kill Chain. This is also us thinking the only way to get better is to improve our existing stuff, rather than take a fresh look at what’s possible.
Drone Swarms vs Battleships
A fleet of 1000 drones, each costing $1M could probably consistently outfight a battleship costing multiple billions. Small numbers of large, expensive platforms will lose against large numbers of more modestly priced intelligent, mostly autonomous machines.