I wonder which country will be the first to invest in extremely low yield nuclear weapons to detonate in the battlefield in order to create large electromagnetic pulses to disable all of these "smart defense" systems?
If someone makes a fully analog ship that is immune to the EMP effects it could maybe issue them in more of a pulse manor rather than dumbfire
To be fully immune, they'd need to be sail powered, I think. I was also thinking that however well the ship might be protected/shielded, the drones will still be subject to EMP disruption. A mass firing of EMP capable weapons would sweep the drones out of the sky.
Can't wait to see the unarmed honeypot drone swarms
Who needs a ship?
https://techlinkcenter.org/news/heres-the-armys-now-patented-emp-rifle-attachment-for-taking-out-small-drones