True, you need boots on the ground, but more importantly you need the right boots on the ground. These guys fantasize about being the “operator” type special forces, which just fundamentally aren’t able to gain or hold territory, just like drone operators can’t. Drone operators however are great at hitting enemy infantry and equipment for cheap with low risk.
Drone operator is the most risky job right now, they are a few kilometers back from the frontline but that’s about where positive side of things ends.
Infantry in the hottest part of the front just sits there (for month sometimes, true) if there is an assault they are trying to kill someone, but that’s about it.
Compared to pilots, where they need very specific places due to radio horizon, they need pretty bulky antennae (which needs either battery or generator to work so requires constant attention), they need to manage explosives, they need to charge batteries on time, they need to go out constantly, they are working for 12 hours every day at least, they need to change equipment (different frequencies require different antennas), they need good or at least passable internet connection and they are biggest targets close to the frontline, m*scovites often use multiple bombs just to destroy one single position if found. Believe me they aren’t see-trough thin nerds.
There are attack positions that don’t use analog video and fly digital only. Either over starlink or lte or any other type of connection, but all of them with exception of satellite connection are ausceptible to the same problems as analog. And if the pilots themselves are further out they need spotters that are close to the frontline which need to manage everything still, they just don’t fly.
True, you need boots on the ground, but more importantly you need the right boots on the ground. These guys fantasize about being the “operator” type special forces, which just fundamentally aren’t able to gain or hold territory, just like drone operators can’t. Drone operators however are great at hitting enemy infantry and equipment for cheap with low risk.
Drone operator is the most risky job right now, they are a few kilometers back from the frontline but that’s about where positive side of things ends.
Infantry in the hottest part of the front just sits there (for month sometimes, true) if there is an assault they are trying to kill someone, but that’s about it.
Compared to pilots, where they need very specific places due to radio horizon, they need pretty bulky antennae (which needs either battery or generator to work so requires constant attention), they need to manage explosives, they need to charge batteries on time, they need to go out constantly, they are working for 12 hours every day at least, they need to change equipment (different frequencies require different antennas), they need good or at least passable internet connection and they are biggest targets close to the frontline, m*scovites often use multiple bombs just to destroy one single position if found. Believe me they aren’t see-trough thin nerds.
There are attack positions that don’t use analog video and fly digital only. Either over starlink or lte or any other type of connection, but all of them with exception of satellite connection are ausceptible to the same problems as analog. And if the pilots themselves are further out they need spotters that are close to the frontline which need to manage everything still, they just don’t fly.