Originally Posted by
ORAC
Didn't take them long to learn from Ukraine.
How long before swarms of these are patrolling southern Lebanon on a continuous basis?
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It is generally unwise to assume that the other team has less competency, commitment and ability to adapt than we have. The use of drones works both ways, and the lesson in Ukraine that stands out hidden in plain sight is, Russia and Ukraine have drone technology on both sides, the effectiveness of the drones is differentiated by the status of the user, whether they are the attacker or the defender. It seems that drones massively increase defender capability, and that should concern Israel which continues a strategy that places attack as a higher priority than defence.
We live in a new world WRT tactics, and those will alter the strategic balances once the penny drops with those of exalted stature that bring us the entertainment that passes for diplomacy today. I still hanker towards the ancients manner of dispute resolution, a la Helen of Troy, (the bit before it got messy with horse poop) where on the plain of troy party A and B send out their leaders and they have a bit of a doo; place Bibby in a paddock with the Ayatollah on his gurney, and see what happens, with Trump as the second course. With drones, the outcome is less certain than we would have expected I'd wager.