65G and Future Urban Warfare

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What didn't get mentioned in the article is that the #1 population growth demographic is aging people in the developing world, not high birth rates.

Not sure why you seem to think that's an issue. As long as births exceed deaths each year, won't the population -- and the number of young people -- continue to increase?

Africa will be one of the main "new frontiers" in American global force projection...

Why should it? The US has historically shown very little interest in getting involved in Africa.

The focus of the article is more on doctrine and force structure to deal with the developing megacities...

True, but the Army Chief of Staff also addressed equipment, which could include small arms:

[COLOR="blue"]"So what this means then -- and I have discussed this with the Army leadership -- we are going to have to ... optimize the Army for urban warfare," he said.

This has implications for equipment, from the "width, size and weight of tanks" to the "rotor-span of helicopters," the general said.[/COLOR]

Making a conclusion about small arms this early in the game is well beyond my pay grade.

Meh. No one here is of a pay grade to make decisions about any of these subjects. That doesn't mean we're not allowed to discuss it and express our opinions. Especially seeing as how this is a gun forum...

Information systems integration and mobile QRFs with new types of vehicles seems way more important than the caliber that will be used. I'm thinking of something like drone swarms with the ability to ID bad actors who have been observed and target-designated for application of terminal effects on with robotic locusts.

Why would a "swarm" of drones be needed? Or do you literally mean robotic locusts that eat the enemy alive? :eek: