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IFV are not dead, rocket launchers as well. Even tanks are still a key. At the end people are capturing land/city, not drones. But drones are changing warfare.
by ponector 2y ago
IFV are not dead, rocket launchers as well. Even tanks are still a key. At the end people are capturing land/city, not drones.
But drones are changing warfare. Drone hunting other drones, drone with self guidance - they are being used in battle right now.
500$ or even less is the cost of FPV drone with night camera capable to carry 2kg bomb. Russia is buying soldiers for up to $25000 to be killed by such cheap drone later.
- SJC_Hacker 2y agoThose drones are getting lost / shot down / missing their targets at high rate. But since they are relatively cheap, they almost effectively artillery shells right now. Don't need a high kill rate when you have lots of them.
- ponector 2y agoThat is true, not every drone hits the target. But the same with any other weapon. How many 155 shells are needed to actually hit the target? A moving target? And one regular 155mm shell is 5x more expensive than FPV drone.
- murkt 2y ago155mm shells are $3k-10k per piece. So it’s more like 5-20x than FPV drone.