The U.S. Military Has Big Plans for AI (Like Killing Enemy Tanks) High-tech AI and programs will help figure out where enemy forces are moving even when spy drones cannot see them. Should an enemy tank all of a sudden move into and then exit the video “field of view” generated by a surveillance drone, is there any way for human operators to discern an idea about where it might have gone? Or be able to accurately predict where, how and when the enemy might return into a drone sensor’s detection envelope? Establishing a continuous track on a target or object of great tactical relevance can prove difficult for even the most advanced drones. Perhaps the enemy tank enters a cave or thickly wooded area to deliberately obscure itself from detection? Perhaps the enemy tank turns off its engine to remove its heat signature and avoid being found by thermal sensors? Perhaps it moves into structures or behind buildings to diminish or remove its radar signature? Doesn’t this complicate, if not even preclude, successful surveillance and targeting?