🧵 Don’t believe simple stories about Ankara’s drones…they didn’t win the war against Armenia…rather a lot of other drones Baku invested in helped win that conflict with troops on ground…and they didn’t win a war in Syria or Libya, they helped one side, they alone didn’t win.
Drones don’t win wars. Just like F-16s, which are much better than drones in many respects, don’t win wars by themselves. The US used a plethora of drones in Afghanistan and other countries fighting insurgents-terrorists and the US didn’t win…
Israel uses drones and drones don’t alone win the wars…they give a country an asset, and in uncontested airspace they can play a role. But Houthis aren’t winning a war with them. They harass, they provide intel, they can do a lot. But be wary of the simple story.
The story of Ankara drones used by Ukraine has yet to be fully written…but again…used in some proxy conflict against separatists they can be useful. But they don’t win wars by themselves.
If you study war or you’ve been to a lot of wars and seen drones used…they are far from being knit-together into some kind of multi-layered blitzkrieg or dronekrieg…that wins wars…maybe in the future but not yet
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