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IFV are not dead, rocket launchers as well. Even tanks are still a key. At the end people are capturing land/city, not drones.

But drones are changing warfare. Drone hunting other drones, drone with self guidance - they are being used in battle right now.

500$ or even less is the cost of FPV drone with night camera capable to carry 2kg bomb. Russia is buying soldiers for up to $25000 to be killed by such cheap drone later.

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Those drones are getting lost / shot down / missing their targets at high rate. But since they are relatively cheap, they almost effectively artillery shells right now. Don't need a high kill rate when you have lots of them.

That is true, not every drone hits the target. But the same with any other weapon. How many 155 shells are needed to actually hit the target? A moving target?

And one regular 155mm shell is 5x more expensive than FPV drone.

155mm shells are $3k-10k per piece. So it’s more like 5-20x than FPV drone.

Drone prices everyone mentioning are without warheads. And depends on capabilities. Mainly how far it flies and how heavy payload is. I would say kamikadze drone manufactured in Ukraine costs 300-1000$

I assume with 80% profit?

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