General_Effort@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agoBuilding Tanks While the Ukrainians Master Droneswww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up158cross-posted to: ukrainianconflict@lemmit.online
arrow-up158external-linkBuilding Tanks While the Ukrainians Master Droneswww.theatlantic.comGeneral_Effort@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square54fedilinkcross-posted to: ukrainianconflict@lemmit.online
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYou can make thousands of drones for the cost of a single modern tank. No amount of hand wringing is going to change the fact that it has gotten a lot cheaper and effective to destroy tanks because of them.
minus-squareOoops@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoAnd so defenses against that specific threat will improve (see: anti-air capable remote weapons stations, active defense, EW). it has gotten a lot cheaper and effective to destroy tanks The same was said when RPGs were invented, then again for ATGMs, the again for their top-attack variants… yet here we are.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoAn AT4 missile costs less than a tenth of what a lancet anti tank drone costs, have been around for 30 years and yet tanks still exist. A bullet costs less than a soldier, why aren’t soldiers obsolete yet?
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoBecause neither are as effective per unit.
You can make thousands of drones for the cost of a single modern tank. No amount of hand wringing is going to change the fact that it has gotten a lot cheaper and effective to destroy tanks because of them.
And so defenses against that specific threat will improve (see: anti-air capable remote weapons stations, active defense, EW).
The same was said when RPGs were invented, then again for ATGMs, the again for their top-attack variants… yet here we are.
An AT4 missile costs less than a tenth of what a lancet anti tank drone costs, have been around for 30 years and yet tanks still exist.
A bullet costs less than a soldier, why aren’t soldiers obsolete yet?
Because neither are as effective per unit.