• Realitaetsverlust
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    7 hours ago

    It’s not rly the ability of drones to observe that makes them so strong, but the ability to attack. Russia’s air defense is unable to stop a drone swarm, especially because its something the world hasn’t yet seen. And if two drones armed with explosives take down a bigass helicopter, that’s a massive win.

    A few weeks ago, Ukraine decimated an oil refinery on russian territory with a swarm of drones of which only 40% were taken down by the russian air defense.

    • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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      6 hours ago

      I think it might be more fair to say that it isn’t just the ability to observe. Drones have absolutely transformed the modern battlefield.