Subject: Re: drones and battle
If you watch the video, a lot of effort is being directed towards "loyal wingman" programs. Many nations, not just the US. Basically, you spend on the really expensive fighters, but you also spend on cheaper drones to pair with the fighters (or other platforms). Drones to be used as decoys, or spotters, or weapons platforms.

We're already doing some of that, though in a manned setting. We've ordered a large number of a variant of F15. It's job is basically to stand off and become a missile platform, directed by other more advanced fighters closer to the engagement area. That way the F15 is less vulnerable (because in a modern contested area, it wouldn't stand a chance), and the fighters in that contested area don't have to give up stealth for larger munitions loads. We're now looking (and developing) drones that can do that also. And China is. Russia has two (exactly 2!) such drones they could field today.

The US apparently is more transparent about their plans. But we know China and Russia are working on the same sort of schemes, even if they don't publish much about them.

But the really small and cheap drones have resculpted the battlefield, because you dare not stick your head out lest you invite a fire mission on your location. Realistically, some of that could be jammed. Though I doubt you could bathe an area in jamming 24/7/365. And that doesn't include naval warfare, where cheap drones are making mincemeat of the Black Sea fleet (and, as I recall, the Crimea bridge). The Ukrainians are making use of drone speedboats packed with explosives. Low profile, difficult to detect. Which could be a threat to US carriers, though the usual mission of a carrier is to stand off in blue water and launch lots of aircraft to reach out and touch the enemy. I doubt they would be in range of the drone speedboats, unless we send them into a very small body of water (e.g. Persian Gulf, Black Sea). The carrier is our primary method of extending military power/presence. Otherwise you have to send aircraft ridiculously long distances (with multiple midair refuels) to strike a target. Not really practical.