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by bad_alloc 950 days ago
Consumer-grade drones and RC ground vehicles becoming a major part of a war between regular armies.
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Why is this exciting?
To be faiiirrrrr, the Ask HN was "most interesting," not "most exciting".

And it is very interesting watching the smaller (comparatively) country of Ukraine hold their own against a much much larger force in large part by using $50 Walmart drones with a grenade duct-taped on.

The large-scale use of cheap drones is going to change warfare tactics forever. It also leads to a bunch of fascinating anti-drone weapons, and then, of course, drones that can evade or are immune to such weapons will follow.

Here's some old thoughts on the matter of small firearms written by someone long ago:

https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...

From what I heard it is very exciting for tank crews, but not necessarily in a good way.