P.S.
One caveat to my previous post.
UAV’s, unmanned aerial vehicles, of the unarmed type are the exception. They require a fraction of the resources than manned aircraft or even satellites do. And one would be hard pressed to evade UAV’s effectively and for long. They are easy to deploy and need, relatively speaking, miniscule equipment, manpower and training.
They don’t NEED satellites, internet, sprawling maintenance depots and a host of support personnel for the operators/maintenance team. It would be nice, but they don’t need it to be very effective. Some of those avionics/pod packages can see through walls (not really…probably).
UAV’s are an absolute force multiplier for real time intelligence.
In fact if I were a evil dictator trying to control the plebes, I would make UAV’s among the highest priorities in my tactical and strategic tool box.
Not so with manned aircraft and armed UAV’s. Then things get a lot more complex real quick.