It is the second article that got my head scratching a bit, in no way does artillery or UAV's replace current manned aircraft and to claim so is shockingly ignorant. Any experience in a combined exercise or current ops would have taught him that. Surprised that one got past the editors.
Well, he claims that "M777 and M142 HIMARS have maximum effective ranges out to 40,000 kilometers and 70,000 kilometers, respectively." If those aren't just typos and he actually thinks we can shoot artillery/rockets distances greater than the circumference of the planet with 10m accuracy, that would explain his bizarre overconfidence in those systems' capabilities.
He also claims that MQ-9 can carry up to 2000lb bombs. If I'm not mistaken, they don't carry anything heavier than 500lbs.
You can't expect great military theory out of someone who is completely out of touch with the basic facts.