David Hambling
It is a military axiom that whatever new technology comes along, the “Poor Bloody Infantry” still need to take and hold ground. Even in the drone-saturated battlefields of Ukraine where drone-on-drone combat is increasingly common, human fighters are a crucial element.
However, the rules are subtly shifting. Before, there was literally no alternative to sending foot soldiers in first to buildings and trenches. Now the situation has altered. Soldiers still go in, but an increasing number of videos from Ukraine show the drones going in first.
Piloting an FPV around the inside of a building, as in the famous 2021 “Bowling Alley” video, may be routine in the movie world, but in the war zone in 2022 it was a stunt for elite pilots only. Now increasing numbers of videos show FPVs searching through buildings and trenches and locating and engaging the enemy.
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