Why are tanks still used in battlefield if they can easily be destroyed by drones?
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Why are infantry still deployed if a tank can obliterate a person on foot?
Drones look like the way of the future on the open plains of Ukraine, but they’re much less suited to striking in dense urban areas. Urban areas are where most modern fighting happens.
Talking strategy rather than tactics, though, most military deployments of tanks in the 21st century have been wealthy powers (usually the US, but also Russia and Israel) fighting against much poorer countries, usually fighting irregular guerillas rather than a standing army. Poor irregular guerillas have no historically had access to drones that can take out modern tanks. That’s starting to change, obviously.
Again, Ukraine is a rare instance where drones are able to be fielded in large numbers against tanks. Maybe we’ll look back on drones in this war like the Monitor vs. Merrimack was for iron ships.
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