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A UK battalion is turning to drones as the technology becomes a more prominent element of modern warfare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Its commanding officer said he suspects infantry life and combat will still involve classic fighting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Even with drones, he said, the infantry is likely to still end up fighting in muddy holes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A British military unit that is leaning heavily into drones<\/a> says that even though the technology may be the future of war, it probably won’t fundamentally change most of infantry life as it is now, at least not anytime soon.<\/p>\n The Irish Guards, an elite infantry regiment within the British Army<\/a>, have been preparing intensively to operate with drones after watching the heavy drone use in Ukraine<\/a> and receiving advice from Ukrainian soldiers.<\/p>\n But Lt. Col Ben Irwin-Clark, the commanding officer of its 1st Battalion, told Business Insider that he believes most of an infantryman’s job<\/a> likely won’t change even as drone technology proliferates<\/a>.<\/p>\n