Ukraine uses drones primarily because they cannot produce artillery shells and the countries supplying artillery shells all planned on not needing artillery bec

Ukraine uses drones primarily because they cannot produce artillery shells and the countries supplying artillery shells all planned on not needing artillery because a B52 does the whole "remove this grid square" job quite well. But then Trump, so.... Russia has been using plenty of artillery, like, entirely too much shitty artillery in fact. It's just as effective as it used to be. Drones meanwhile are only effective right now because they haven't experienced a full cycle of arms race yet. Nobody has found the right "defense" for it. Automated cannons will likely nerf drone's effectiveness in a superpower conflict, and any attempt to harden a cheap drone to survive combat just drives it closer and closer in functionality and cost to an actual missile. Basically this is like saying a navy is no longer a useful resource because of a war taking place on dry land.