![Darpa In this photo from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, drones fly in a Defense Department urban warfare exercise at Fort Campbell, Tenn., in Nov., 2021. A single operator supervised a swarm of more than 100 cheap, unscrewed air and land drones at the exercise. With tensions high over Taiwan, U.S. and Chinese military planners are readying themselves for a new kind of war where battleships, fighter jets and amphibious landings cede prevalence to squadrons of AI-enabled air and sea drones. (DARPA via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1a526eaf2fac440da7524f51a6e302bf/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this photo from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, drones fly in a Defense Department urban warfare exercise at Fort Campbell, Tenn., in Nov., 2021. A single operator supervised a swarm of more than 100 cheap, unscrewed air and land drones at the exercise. With tensions high over Taiwan, U.S. and Chinese military planners are readying themselves for a new kind of war where battleships, fighter jets and amphibious landings cede prevalence to squadrons of AI-enabled air and sea drones. (DARPA via AP)
![Darpa In this photo from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, drones and participants in a Defense Department urban warfare exercise pose at Fort Campbell, Tenn., on Nov., 2021. A single operator supervised a swarm of more than 100 cheap, unscrewed air and land drones at the exercise. With tensions high over Taiwan, U.S. and Chinese military planners are readying themselves for a new kind of war where battleships, fighter jets and amphibious landings cede prevalence to squadrons of AI-enabled air and sea drones. (DARPA via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c8b93555bbe44e0abea2943c8dfedb2c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this photo from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, drones and participants in a Defense Department urban warfare exercise pose at Fort Campbell, Tenn., on Nov., 2021. A single operator supervised a swarm of more than 100 cheap, unscrewed air and land drones at the exercise. With tensions high over Taiwan, U.S. and Chinese military planners are readying themselves for a new kind of war where battleships, fighter jets and amphibious landings cede prevalence to squadrons of AI-enabled air and sea drones. (DARPA via AP)
![Dvids In this photo from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, British soldiers launch a drone during Project Convergence exercises at Fort Irwin, Calif., on Nov. 4, 2022. With tensions high over Taiwan, U.S. and Chinese military planners are readying themselves for a new kind of war where battleships, fighter jets and amphibious landings cede prevalence to squadrons of AI-enabled air and sea drones. (DVIDS via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/70fe4e455cea4e34965f719a34826b7a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this photo from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, British soldiers launch a drone during Project Convergence exercises at Fort Irwin, Calif., on Nov. 4, 2022. With tensions high over Taiwan, U.S. and Chinese military planners are readying themselves for a new kind of war where battleships, fighter jets and amphibious landings cede prevalence to squadrons of AI-enabled air and sea drones. (DVIDS via AP)