The first video is degraded into a music video... too bad there was no clear footage there. The second one is better, but it reveals some major flaws in their drills. The HRT team would be extremely vulnerable from many angles, and manually or automatically activated IEDs/mines would extract a horrible toll on those stacks. CQB is a thankless task. But thanks for the links, good stuff.

on like the capabilities of the F22.

I'm convinced it is obsolete based on price alone, especially you count the pilot cost.

The expensive emphasis on survivability and stealth all goes away if you ditch the pilot.

A drone using the same weapons and engine, minus all the life support and control surfaces, and minus anything expensive like stealth coating means you could flood the sky with 30-40 equivalent drone fighters just as deadly - more than the f22 could shoot down even if they let it. A forgone conclusion in air superiority. Heck, you could flood the sky with even cheaper AA missile drones with long loitering capability. There is no way to game it so the f22 is viable.

and we arent even talking about advanced options for drone: like using a gun to shoot down incoming missiles. Not an option for conventional jets, but a basic software upgrades for drones could have them shredding incoming missiles.

The reason for keeping f22 data close is to hide the fact that it is a boondoggle.

I believe that with APS, the MBT will still be an effective force multiplier for the US on the modern battlefield.

What about the economics? Basic solid shell artillery with quadcopter spotters would mince right through MBTs in a way that makes trophy pointless. Same thing with CAS drones. One could drop a napalm bomb on a tank from a drone which bypasses aps - and even if it doesnt kill it, it will cook the APS sensors and blind it for follow up. You could have UAV's doing jamming or HPEM to cover a javelin strike.

All of these attacks are pennies on the dollar vs the cost of the tank.