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Ukraine pulls US Abrams tanks from battlefield amid Russian drone threat (kyivindependent.com)

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[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Conversely - those FPVs and quads with thermals that drop grenades are a pretty bad news for the proletariat

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Soon it'll be drone vs drone, with the operators working at home chasing each other with FPV goggles.

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 7 months ago

If only. But methinks a drone is a more difficult target than people trying to hide from them

[–] blterrible@lemmy.ml -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How long before Iran is sending missiles toward Israel that are equipped with anti-anti-missile missiles? Then it's an anti-missile arms race all the way down.

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 7 months ago

You mean like a false target? Pretty sure ICBMs at least have those already, specifically to ensure payload is not intercepted