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To: BobL

I’m thinking that the age of armor is over. Big targets with too many weapons ranged against them. The Russians had the same problem when they invaded Ukraine. The Uks used drones and anti-tank grenades to destroy tanks.


90 posted on 07/13/2023 4:36:40 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: popdonnelly

“I’m thinking that the age of armor is over.”

I don’t think anything is ‘over’, more like dormant. Take drones - they’re not better weapons and aircraft, just far cheaper and so they can swarm and wipe out an air defense system without firing a shot - by making air defense expend their ammo, which is what the Russians did to the Patriot System at Kiev Airport (I don’t expect we be letting Ukrainians operate those systems again!). And with air defense gone, aircraft come back into us.

But what if a an effective system is developed for countering drones - say a laser that quickly zaps them, or electronic countermeasures? Then tanks arr back in business...


97 posted on 07/13/2023 5:06:52 AM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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