> drones have made tanks obsolete
Considering how the Ukrainians are still asking for tanks and other armored vehicles, I'm not sure it's the case already, at least in that current conflict.
> drones have made tanks obsolete
Considering how the Ukrainians are still asking for tanks and other armored vehicles, I'm not sure it's the case already, at least in that current conflict.
keep in mind, though, that when afghanistan routed the usa at the end of their long occupation, they didn't have the support of a powerful ally (unless you count al qaeda, or certain factions within pakistani intelligence agencies)
it's true that tanks aren't completely obsolete—and probably won't be. (a tank can still grind an unarmed protester into red goo under its tracks, after all.) they've only been made obsolete in the same way that the maxim gun made spears obsolete; every infantryman still carries a bayonet into battle. he just mounts that spear point on the end of his fully automatic rifle¹
keeping that in mind, compare the relative prominence of armored vehicles vs. drones/missiles/carbombs in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russian_invasi...
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¹ miniaturized by kalashnikov to the point where it is the soldier's instrument rather than the other way around