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Originally Posted by opendoor
Yeah, it's crazy seeing videos of handheld infrared-guided weapons reliably taking out tanks and aircraft. One person and a Javelin or Stinger can easily take out a $3M tank or helicopter.
And even the cruder weapons are insane in their capability and how they remove some of the advantages of tanks/APCs. I saw a video of a few Ukrainian soldiers taking out part of a convoy with a Ukrainian-designed anti-tank guided missile system. Basically the people controlling it were in a forest with a laptop-type controller, well away from the road. They were picking off vehicles with guided missiles, all controlled by the laptop. They were in and out in about 2-3 minutes and took out a whole section of the convoy. Basically guerilla war tactics but done somewhat remotely.
Not to mention the Turkish drones they're using.
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I read an article a couple months ago on the future of military tech and doctrine, and it argued that with the increasing effectiveness of these kinds of small guided weapons and drones, investments in tanks and conventional artillery is an enormous waste of resources. Basically, good battlefield intelligence + guided weapons are rendering much conventional hardware if not obsolete, then incredibly uneconomical.