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These are not alternatives if it can't do anything they're doing now.

Ad future - the question wrt. these particular projects is much more "if ever" not "when", and definitely not anytime soon.

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They will not stream drones real-time video, but will be able to send 10Kb encrypted data of Russian positions to troops on the field in real-time. Plenty of lives saved.

Cool indeed, but not an alternative. I'd be surprised if they're not doing that already. The actual battlefield transformation came from being able to stream video. You're saying "back to the old times" and calling it an alternative.

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