Military Revolutions from the Spanish Tercio to First-Person View Drones
By some estimates, 60 to 70 percent of casualties in Ukraine now come from drones — cheap, disposable first-person view drones piloted from miles away. They dive into trenches, slip through windows, and snake into hatches of armored vehicles. The battlefield’s oldest insurance policy — cover, concealment, or courage might save you — is collapsing. This isn’t a tactical shift — but rather the start of a military revolution, tearing apart the old rules of war. It is not waiting for written doctrine to reveal it, but is being etched by the murderous fire in the drone-choked skies above the The post Military Revolutions from the Spanish Tercio to First-Person View Drones appeared first on War on the Rocks.
By some estimates, 60 to 70 percent of casualties in Ukraine now come from drones — cheap, disposable first-person view drones piloted from miles away. They dive into trenches, slip through windows, and snake into hatches of armored vehicles. The battlefield’s oldest insurance policy — cover, concealment, or courage might save you — is collapsing. This isn’t a tactical shift — but rather the start of a military revolution, tearing apart the old rules of war. It is not waiting for written doctrine to reveal it, but is being etched by the murderous fire in the drone-choked skies above the
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