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I know, what is it about shrill people insisting on looking up lately? Dial down on the fear factor, baby! It's like they say on Russian TV: what do you decide, anyway? The higher-ups aren't fools, they know what they're doing.

> The higher-ups aren't fools, they know what they're doing.

Recent evidence contradicts this viewpoint.

Parent was satire.

It can be very abstract for some, but I am actually eligible for a magical summon letter to participate in this team sport involving drones

I understand not wanting to live in fear but if SHTF what are you gonna do? You’ll be less informed than the “scared” ones and you’ll be screwed. I wouldn’t say I live in fear. I still enjoy day to day life but I also stay informed and ready to scram if need be..

I regret to inform you that war does in fact happen. In fact it happens quite frequently

Yes and Ukraine is just like the United States.

Drone warfare as we see in Ukraine is new default. Any poor schmuck ragtag group can muster hundreds of them, with basic grenades or 30/40mm AP grenades. Enough power to kill anything on wheels or tracks apart from modern main battle tank, that one would be just more or less crippled. Bigger drones can and do kill everything, some drop literal 152/155mm shells.

You may say - but we have good EW! Which is pointless for optic cable drones, can't affect them like that. Those are a bit more expensive and sophisticated but not that much.

If US decided to do their invasion to Iraq or Afghanistan these days things would be very different re US casualties and expensive material loss.

Insurgency is not the highest and best use of drones. Odds are we have not yet seen their true capabilities in the hands of a world industrial power.

Do you have an actual point, or are you just here to troll?

If you disagree with the points in the article, please state them.

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