cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23441945
Summary
Ukraine’s 13th National Guard Brigade conducted its first all-robot assault, using ground and aerial drones to clear Russian positions in Kharkiv Oblast.
The operation involved surveillance, explosive, and gun-armed robots, demonstrating Ukraine’s advanced military robotics.
While robots excel in surveillance and attack, their limitations in holding ground, particularly against jamming and maintenance challenges, underscore the continued importance of human infantry.
I don’t see how they’re able to turn “Ukraine successfully conducted a combined arms assault without exposing any of their troops to enemy fire” to “Ukraine has massive manpower shortages”.
Like yes: Ukraine is outnumbered. That doesn’t change the fact that if you can conduct successful assaults without exposing your troops, that is infinitely preferable to exposing your troops in dangerous ground assaults. Ukraine may be outnumbered at present, but even if they weren’t, they would be choosing to conduct unmanned assaults when they can, because they care about preserving their soldiers lives.
I agree 100%. Forbes is pro-Oligarchs so needs some way to make this a win for powerful rulers no matter how far fetched.