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Re:Does the Tank Have a Future? by vorpalhex on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @12:57PM (#31755851)
You can't occupy an objective with a drone or a missile. You can't control a city with a drone.

Infantry and AFVs that support them will never go away. They may change but war isn't just about destruction.

Re:Does the Tank Have a Future? by moffkalast on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:31PM (#31757226)
Oh yes you can. Just not a flying drone and not just one.
Re:Does the Tank Have a Future? by ninkendo on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:28PM (#31759682)
I'm going to avoid the quippy sarcastic response and try my best to be curious:

How would you occupy a city with only drones? What would it look like? Would they issue orders to civilians to stay in their homes? What sort of objectives that humans do now in war [0] do you think drones can fully replace?

[0] establishing forward bases for further logistical support, "securing" areas, including searching through rubble for humans and making sure they're not a threat, etc. I've never been in the military so I don't know from experience but I'm pretty sure there's tons of other examples here.

Re:Does the Tank Have a Future? by imtringued on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:09PM (#31759518)
But your not flying drone is going to look like a tankette, aka the autonomous combat warrior weasel from Rheinmetall.
Re:Does the Tank Have a Future? by vorpalhex on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:12PM (#31759551)
Maybe.

There are some experiments using turret style drones to maintain like DMZs. They still need a human operator. That is a case where you are mostly just waiting though.

Seizing a town means dealing with a ton of civilians - negotiating, handling mixed reports, etc. Drones may become part of that but cameras are imperfect and you will need people unless Drone tech has a giant leap in human interfacing.

Re:Does the Tank Have a Future? by robertlagrant on Thursday June 16, 2022 @04:01AM (#31763554)
> Just not a flying drone and not just one.

Half-life 2 confirmed.