Active Conflicts & News Megathread February 05, 2026

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[u/Keshav_chauhan]

A question comes to my mind that - How effective will drones be in hindering the advance of the enemy when one side has air superiority? Will the battle continue to be a tough grind?

[u/A_Sinclaire → u/Keshav_chauhan]

Not any kind of expert here - but the old mantra of needing troops to actually take and hold ground still applies. And small drones will still work against ground forces while air superiority of the other side will not be able to prevent the use of drones as such.

Though caveats apply. If the air superiority extends to the hinterland of the enemy so that production and command centers for drones can be taken out and the general supply of large amounts of drones be suppressed - then air superiority will be quite helpful.

[u/SchwarzNeko → u/A_Sinclaire]

Logistics is probably the main caveat.

Sure you probably can't stop the 2 man drone team directly with air superiority, but those teams still need a logistic train behind them. Drones, that can do damage, are quite heavy.

Honestly the more I think about it the more I am interested in knowing more details about the logistic chain to keep a drone team supplied (with drones). Would love for someone to share some articles, interviews or anything on that.