I expect we will see the emergence of drone hunting drones. We have historically seen it in other areas:It seems the counter offensive even using western equipment is not going to be the pushover many (including me to a certain extent) assumed.
Drones have totally changed the modern battlefield.
The emergence of fighting ships resulted in more ships to attack them, and great naval battles.
The emergence of submarines resulted in a class of hunter killer submarines and submarine destroyers.
The emergence of aircraft to drop hand grenades on trenches in WW1 resulted in the creation of fighter planes.
The emergence of tanks as a simple way of breaching trenches resulted in bigger tanks to destroy them and large tank battles.
So I expect we will see a class of hunter killer drones specifically to take down other drones.
EDIT: In fact I predict an automated network of drones in the next 5 to 10 years. For example there could be hundreds of drones sitting high up in the sky waiting to detect enemy drones. When power is low they get replaced, again automatically, by another drone while it flies back to the charging station. You could have a permanent defence in the skies at home and a mobile version to move forward when attacking. This whole thing can be fully automated. Lets call it, errr... Skynet!
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