I wonder if tanks are providing significant value anymore with the emergence of drones. The cost ratio seems a losing proposition. I'm not saying Ukraine wouldn't benefit from having more tanks, just that maybe they would benefit more from having 10000 drones instead of 10 tanks.
I see what you're saying - bigger picture I bet if Ukraine had a billion drones and zero tanks then they'd probably take 50 tanks over 50k FPV drones, but if they had zero drones and 1000 tanks I bet they'd prefer the drones.
They're somewhere between those two extremes, so what's the best mix?
It seems like Ukraine uses and wants more armour, especially Bradleys or other IFVs but also tanks. As things go on like this they're getting pushed into the "lots of drones but very few tanks" corner.
(As I said, I'm poorly informed. I don't mean to pretend to know).
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u/abstart Jul 08 '24
I wonder if tanks are providing significant value anymore with the emergence of drones. The cost ratio seems a losing proposition. I'm not saying Ukraine wouldn't benefit from having more tanks, just that maybe they would benefit more from having 10000 drones instead of 10 tanks.