I read that article so I guess that means that hopefully we won't get into a shooting war in the next 5-10 years when we
might have enough
autonomous systems out there to lead the charge.
As I don't have much faith in the leadership at DOD at the moment, they should be well aware (Or are not discussing it.) that as reported that the
TROPHY launchers are being
adjusted lower than the current angle of
55 degrees to both offer protection against drones and ATGW weapons. The initial testing showed
TROPHY was "
somewhat" effective but obviously not effective enough.
Israel did however find that
IRON FIST in testing was
highly efficient (They claimed 100% though I'm not "handing my hat on that" and would've felt better with 90% + just
guessing on my part.) out to a distance of
1.2km and I've not seen anything to dispute that range.
Germany has the
SHIELD system which in the video I posted discussing all of this showed a
FUCHS running a course with
many anti-tank weapons being fired at it from
both sides. None got through.
Further in regards to
Germany there now is some
speculation that the
LEOPARD 2A8 might get
SHIELD instead of
TROPHY. It'll be awhile before we see the
2A8 get to
FOC so this will have to be
tracked closely.
EW is not a factor as the newer tanks already have at least 2 to 4 masts already on them that can integrate an
EW anti-drone capability and if I had to choose the
IFF mast would be my choice for reasons I can't go into here even for when I was active-that should tell you something right there.
MAYBE! 
Again a wonderful article.
Regards,
Pat
