Why, in the advent of militarized drones, are tanks still in use?
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A. Its very early in the development of modern drone warfare, so things need to play out. To see what actually is changed.
B. Unless you are a soviet era tank, you are not nearly as vulnerable to small FPV drones. In fact most tank losses in the Ukraine war is to mines, not drones. It’s just that you rarely see it.
C. Eventually you can’t control an area without actually being there. If you want to hold ground or take it, you need actual presence. And tanks are still pretty effective at that.
D. Not everywhere is the drone very effective. In the Hamas-Israel war, for instance, drones were used at the beginning, and now a non threat in that theater for Israeli armor, which is used rather extensively. There is much more effective use of traditional winged armed drones than what you see in Ukraine.
E. Eventually there will be effective denial measures developed and drone warfare will become a limited tool in the arsenal to be used when appropriate.
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