Remains to be seen if the lessons of this war extend to other possible wars though.
It is possible that FPV drones are showing up as so important because Russia is committed to a disgusting meat sluice of fodder to achieve its marginal territory gains.
Most countries don’t have the appetite for those kind of losses. Most countries, frankly, don’t have the audacity to set these kinds of war aims.
I predict they won’t matter too much to the war meta. At least not so much as cheap long range jet drones which are also becoming significant here.
Oh my, one thing wars are good at is to get rid off or at least contain such thinking („Russia evil, thus no worry“) to the playgrounds (eg public commentariat): FPV drones are the defining weapon in this war, are used by both sides, and were the defining weapon in other recent conflicts as well (eg Nogorno-Karabach), they are already being picked up and used as weapons by Mexican-Cartels (all former military).
Seems like drone warfare is just democratizing what e.g the US has in capabilities with their precision munitions already, in a perhaps less capable but far cheaper manner. Put it in other words if this was the US directy engaging russia, it would probably be tomahawk missiles or something along those lines just like we’ve seen last few decades, vs a sort of Air Hogs with a bomb.
It is possible that FPV drones are showing up as so important because Russia is committed to a disgusting meat sluice of fodder to achieve its marginal territory gains.
Most countries don’t have the appetite for those kind of losses. Most countries, frankly, don’t have the audacity to set these kinds of war aims.
I predict they won’t matter too much to the war meta. At least not so much as cheap long range jet drones which are also becoming significant here.