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That's not quite the message. The message is, in low-grade conflicts, with varying situations, 'very small cheap drones' have a role. Turkey's drones are smal
by jariel 6y ago
That's not quite the message.
The message is, in low-grade conflicts, with varying situations, 'very small cheap drones' have a role.
Turkey's drones are small, cheap, often used for reconnaissance - not exactly the role of a fighter.
It means we're going to see a lot more drone use for close ground support, but that was inevitable.
But again - a capable enemy has defences against those drones, and generally speaking those drones are not going to be doing deep into territory doing tactical strikes, again those types of drones are easily defended against.
Drones are also not carrying payloads of 500lb and 1000lb bombs and other larger munitions.
The role of drones in Azerbaijan and Libya is quite somewhat different from the what role of the F35 would be.
Edit: I should add - obviously not just in low-grade situations, smaller drones especially will be fairly ubiquitous.