From things I have previously heard about drones, I would be uncertain what training is required to operate them, and what limitations there are for weather in which they can & cannot fly. I know that being unable to fly in anything other than near-perfect weather conditions has been a problem of drones in the past, and those same limitations do not apply to ground-based vehicles.
This is a good point, but it doesn’t change the bottom line I think. Weather is more often good than bad, so within a few days of the war beginning there should be a chance for 1000 drones to rise and sweep the field. As for training, in the scenario where they bought 1000 drones they’d also do the necessary training for 1000 drone operators (though there are returns to scale I think; in a pinch 1 operator could probably handle 10 drones, just have them all flock in loose formation and then it’s as if you have 1 big drone with 10x the ammunition capacity.)
I do agree for the most part. Robotic warfare which can efficiently destroy your opponent’s materiel, without directly risking your own materiel & personnel is an extremely dominant strategy, and will probably become the future of warfare. At least warfare like this, as opposed to police actions.
From things I have previously heard about drones, I would be uncertain what training is required to operate them, and what limitations there are for weather in which they can & cannot fly. I know that being unable to fly in anything other than near-perfect weather conditions has been a problem of drones in the past, and those same limitations do not apply to ground-based vehicles.
This is a good point, but it doesn’t change the bottom line I think. Weather is more often good than bad, so within a few days of the war beginning there should be a chance for 1000 drones to rise and sweep the field. As for training, in the scenario where they bought 1000 drones they’d also do the necessary training for 1000 drone operators (though there are returns to scale I think; in a pinch 1 operator could probably handle 10 drones, just have them all flock in loose formation and then it’s as if you have 1 big drone with 10x the ammunition capacity.)
I do agree for the most part. Robotic warfare which can efficiently destroy your opponent’s materiel, without directly risking your own materiel & personnel is an extremely dominant strategy, and will probably become the future of warfare. At least warfare like this, as opposed to police actions.