Regardless of who provides the slingshots, someone has got to know how to use them.
Still, even with foreign support, Ukraine has singlehandedly revolutionized drone warfare. That is awesome and extremely frightening at the same time. The Switchblade was neat, but it supposedly costs $52k. Ukraine is strapping RPGs to drones for what? About $1k?
If Ukraine wins it will become one of the strongest battle tested nations in the world. THAT will change geopolitics for decades.
The afghans defeated the Soviet union and the united states. I dont see them becoming a superpower any time soon…
It’s the other way round: if it wins, then the Washington consensus is retained. If it loses, then THAT will change geopolitics for decades.
It’ll also become the new David & Goliath story for the rest of the century.
Regardless of who provides the slingshots, someone has got to know how to use them.
Still, even with foreign support, Ukraine has singlehandedly revolutionized drone warfare. That is awesome and extremely frightening at the same time. The Switchblade was neat, but it supposedly costs $52k. Ukraine is strapping RPGs to drones for what? About $1k?