Their families will suffer for their defection. Historically in the SovietUnion, if you were captured through no fault of your own and were cleared by SMERSH of any wrongdoing, you still carried a black mark on your record and if you wanted a job or promotion, could be passed up because of it. Even if your child was the star pupil of the greatest promise in the oblast, (s)he may not be accepted into any university because of your black mark. In Hitler's Germany
, the family could be retaliated against if a soldier defected (or surrendered. Note: late in the war I don't think anyone could keep track anymore). Either Soviet or Nazi Germany, I'm sure Best Korea follows their treatment when it comes to modern deserters.
One thing we learned from the war is that drones play a huge role in modern warfare. We used drones for decades but not to the point where individual soldiers, artillery, AFVs and HQ are all vulnerable. I wonder why HAMAS or Hezbollah don't resort to drones (or are they)? I'm certain the Israelis do as they tend to have modern stuff. Why can't their patrol drones protect their merkavas like infantry are supposed to do for tanks?
I wonder if an EMF weapon disables drones or its controls?
As one Spartan king rhetorically asked when a machine of war was hauled out, "Where has the valor of man gone?"
(Modern answer: Behind some computer screen slipping a slurpee while he drones someone's arse).