Yes, but for reasons not mentioned in the article. They've had major advancements in robot technology and they're simply replacing ground troops with robots and drones.<p>Also advancements in efficiency and automation allow smaller crews to do the same tasks and operate the same vehicles.<p>Lasers, railguns, drones, and robots will dominate the battlefields very, very soon. Humans will just be there to talk to people and tell the robots to go capture / kill / defend / build things.