Why not lasers?
Exactly that, line of sight. The horizon strictly limits your operational range, and for fpv suicide drones there goes your terminal guidance (or the "buzzing around inside a maintenance warehouse to blow up vehicles inside") capabilities.
Could be useful for high flying surveillance drones, but not much beyond that.
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/ \One problem might be smoke, though, which happens both naturally on a battlefield and is also often used for concealment.