[ericmay]

> Ukraine is proving that the "big bombs" are useless

Depends on the application. The drones have to be manufactured somewhere. You need electricity. Running water. Industrial facilities. The big bomb still matters there.

> The age of WW2-era mechanised warfare is gone. It's as obsolete as the cavalry that came before it.

Well the primary issue is that drones can’t hold or take land, only deny. I think mechanized infantry will continue to have a place, they’ll just be augmented by drones. But who knows you could be right depending on how things develop.

[marcus_holmes]

> Well the primary issue is that drones can’t hold or take land, only deny.

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-russia-position-take...

That's changing

[ericmay]

I agree and upvoted you for a good comment with a good source.

In my mind I was thinking about how humans have to actually go back to the land. In Ukraine we’ve seen what amount to drone enforced no-man’s lands where no human can really seize or make use of the land. There of course can be the case where the drones clear the land of enemy troops and drones and then your own people or soldiers move and then occupy the land.