Drones in war are 'an enabler not a panacea'
322Militaries around the world are racing to build deadlier, more cost-effective drones after seeing how unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have transformed the conflict in Ukraine.
However, one land warfare expert believes that, although they play a critical role, they are not "in, and of themselves, the future" and nor are they going to replace soldiers on the battlefield.
Instead, Dr Jack Watling, a Senior Research Fellow for the defence and security think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), is questioning whether the current focus of innovation is in the right place
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