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I wasn’t previously aware of Ukrainians flying drones directly into helicopter’s rotors, but that does make sense. I obviously know very little about battlefie

• general1726 1y ago
  That's like asking if bullets made infantry obsolete. As long as there is a role for attack helicopter on the battlefield, then it is not obsolete, just more vulnerable during its missions.
  • BoiledCabbage 1y ago
    > That's like asking if bullets made infantry obsolete You sure it's not asking if bullets made spears obsolete"?
• aaron695 1y ago
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• tetromino_ 1y ago
  > have drones made combat helicopters obsolete? Which drones? Helicopters are vulnerable to small quadcopter drones when landing and taking off. This limits some traditional uses of helicopters (anything that involves landing in enemy territory becomes much more risky) but still leaves others (shooting missiles at surface targets). Helicopters are very effective at shooting down large fixed-wing drones. Helicopters are very effective at sinking drone boats without air defenses, but are in turn very vulnerable to drone boats equipped with SAMs.