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An anti tank missile is a "drone" (and has been touted as the end of the tank for the past 50 years or more). Has the much slower-moving propeller driven contra
by throwawaylinux 4y ago
An anti tank missile is a "drone" (and has been touted as the end of the tank for the past 50 years or more). Has the much slower-moving propeller driven contraption changed anything significant here?
- bergenty 4y agoWay more expendable, can overwhelm with sheer numbers and can be much more reactive than something that has to be aimed and fired from far away.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoI mean has it changed the calculus on the battlefield for tanks? Ukraine are pleading for, and using, mostly anti tank missiles to destroy Russia's tanks, aren't they? Why if swarms of expendable drones are better and cheaper?
- bergenty 4y agoI think it did pretty decisively in the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoIn what way that missiles could not have?
- bergenty 4y agoThey were extremely cheap, way more maneuverable and can be controlled right up to the moment of impact. A swarm of missiles can’t just hang around for something to happen.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoAnd what did that change for tanks on the battlefield?