oh yeah btw, about your question, > is the ukraine war the trial run for the next global conflict? kinda. drone warfare was properly introduced in 2020's second nagorno-karabakh war between armenia and azerbaijan. both consumer and military grade drones were used, and clumsily so, with armenia being btfo'd by azeris. electronic warfare was always an important field of research, but few countries cared enough about it (mainly, muttistan, russia and iran). ever since that conflict, germany, france and bongs are heavily investing in this field, and china ramped up its production and research. however, ukraine has a different twist to it. sure, armenia and azerbaijan were the first to introduce drone warfare on a state level, but it was still kind of limited. the ukraine war massified drone usage, and more importantly, turned it into a tactial weapon, instead of just strategical. ew hasn't managed to protect soldiers on either side, which has prompted both sides to find squad-sized solutions against drones, and this is where it might get interesting in a future ww3 scenario. the solutions so far are: > jamming entire areas and going back to ww1 communications doctrine > laser guns > net guns > shotguns with birdshots the most worrying change is the jamming. if it were to happen, modern warplanes would be kinda fucked, because they were going the supersonic path, and most of the subsonics require informational handholding. understanding this might explain why mutts are after propeller-based aircrafts such as our super tucano. naturally, helicopters would be swatted out of the sky like flies, which promises us 1979-1989 afghanistan-levels of heli-downing kino. this also means tanks will become key factors in turning the tides of battles once again, since drones will not be able to function in those conditions. this is all to way, ww3 will be close in kino terms to ww2.
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