I agree that the natural home for infantry loitering munitions is in mortars, since the mortar platoon already holds the knowledge, equipment, and experience in IDF which goes hand-in-hand with airspace deconfliction. I expect the trend in standoff weapons to continue. The focus will be on allowing troops to hit targets in defilade and/or from defilade without direct line of sight. The line between direct and indirect fire specialists will become very blurry.
I agree that the natural home for infantry loitering munitions is in mortars, since the mortar platoon already holds the knowledge, equipment, and experience in IDF which goes hand-in-hand with airspace deconfliction. I expect the trend in standoff weapons to continue. The focus will be on allowing troops to hit targets in defilade and/or from defilade without direct line of sight. The line between direct and indirect fire specialists will become very blurry.
Potentially it would speed up tactics. Human off the loop is definitely coming despite all the hand-wringing.