Stuck in the mud: How drones turned the Ukraine front into a tech trap
Four years of war and seven hundred miles of front lines have basically gone nowhere, except for the terrifying overhead buzz.
The front line here is essentially a seven-hundred-mile-long stalemate that hasn't budged in years. But look up and it's a completely different story. The space directly above the trenches has become a high-tech kill zone where drones are the new king of the battlefield.
It is not just about big missiles anymore. It is about tiny, buzzing eyes watching every single movement from the sky. Soldiers are forced to live like moles, constantly hiding underground because sticking your head out for a second is a gamble you are guaranteed to lose. It is a weird mix of WWI trench warfare and a dystopian video game.
The sheer ubiquity of these flying cameras means there is nowhere to hide in the open anymore. Tactical surprise is basically dead, replaced by the constant, nervous hum of rotors overhead.
It turns out that when technology advances faster than strategy, the only thing that moves is the price of the equipment.
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