I think it’s also that drones can’t hold ground. If drones could do all the jobs of infantry and armor, they wouldn’t be offense-dominant or defense-dominant, but ground drones are not mature enough to dig a trench or engage in a firefight.
The fact that drones can’t hold ground is relevant if you are thinking of them as a replacement for troops, but if instead you think of them as a weapon for troops—a weapon with very long range, very high lethality, that also doubles as excellent scouting… then I don’t see why this would favor the defender?
...Someone elsethread pointed out that the attacker has to move whilst the defender doesn’t, which means that if ranges are long and visibility is high, that’s worse for the attacker probably (assuming they can’t shoot and/or defend as effectively while on the move as they can while not on the move, which is plausible.) This seems like a good answer to me.
Also, drones kinda sorta can hold ground, increasingly as they get better. There are ground drones now, and also quadcopters have developed a tactic of landing on the ground to conserve battery and conceal / take cover. Also quadcopters can fly inside buildings...
I think it’s also that drones can’t hold ground. If drones could do all the jobs of infantry and armor, they wouldn’t be offense-dominant or defense-dominant, but ground drones are not mature enough to dig a trench or engage in a firefight.
The fact that drones can’t hold ground is relevant if you are thinking of them as a replacement for troops, but if instead you think of them as a weapon for troops—a weapon with very long range, very high lethality, that also doubles as excellent scouting… then I don’t see why this would favor the defender?
...Someone elsethread pointed out that the attacker has to move whilst the defender doesn’t, which means that if ranges are long and visibility is high, that’s worse for the attacker probably (assuming they can’t shoot and/or defend as effectively while on the move as they can while not on the move, which is plausible.) This seems like a good answer to me.
Also, drones kinda sorta can hold ground, increasingly as they get better. There are ground drones now, and also quadcopters have developed a tactic of landing on the ground to conserve battery and conceal / take cover. Also quadcopters can fly inside buildings...