• shoulderoforion@fedia.io
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    12 days ago

    the amount of ordinance it takes to blow up armament and maintenance facilities vs the amount (and precision) it takes to penetrate the armor of a 1,000 tanks. dunno.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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      12 days ago

      A lot of them have open hatches, and are just sitting there. You could conceivably deploy a drone swarm to start extremely destructive fires in the tanks, which would make them MUCH more of a pain in the ass to prep for service again.

      • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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        12 days ago

        That’s a lot of drones that could be utilised more effectively, such as by destroying highly flammable targets like fuel stores, oil refineries, caches of ammunition and such—more bang for the buck, literally and metaphorically—or choke points such as maintenance facilities.