This was a core premise in the Ace Combat 6 game (2007 iirc). The war starts with cruise missiles and drone fighters launched from shipping containers eliminating the defenders reaction time.
Any notion that the heads of the military have been caught off guard is entirely laughable and the only way they were caught off guard is incompetence. Because a good chunk of their pilots played the game as the franchise is known to be popular amongst them.
Remember Reagans SDI was effectively based on a report by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle "Space. The Crucial Frountier." and many talented science fiction writers were hired as advisors by the military for foreseeing things exactly like this.
The only way to get caught off guard by this requires effort.
George Webb talked about this years ago.
This was a core premise in the Ace Combat 6 game (2007 iirc). The war starts with cruise missiles and drone fighters launched from shipping containers eliminating the defenders reaction time.
Any notion that the heads of the military have been caught off guard is entirely laughable and the only way they were caught off guard is incompetence. Because a good chunk of their pilots played the game as the franchise is known to be popular amongst them.
Remember Reagans SDI was effectively based on a report by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle "Space. The Crucial Frountier." and many talented science fiction writers were hired as advisors by the military for foreseeing things exactly like this.
The only way to get caught off guard by this requires effort.
I remember containers were the hot topic. Hidden nukes. Rocket launchers, kids etc.