‘Slap a Cage on It’: The Cheap Way To Save U.S. Army Tanks from Drone Swarm Attack

‘Slap a Cage on It’: The Cheap Way To Save U.S. Army Tanks from Drone Swarm Attack

Key Points and Summary: The war in Ukraine has generated a drone-counter-drone arms race that is now reshaping how militaries worldwide prepare for armored combat. Bottomline: A U.S. Army G2 intelligence assessment estimated that Switchblade kamikaze drones, Javelin anti-tank missiles, and NLAW shoulder-fired weapons have together destroyed roughly half of Russia’s active-duty tank force — a scale of armored losses unprecedented in modern conven…