Drone Technology Transforming Warfare

Drones, also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), have been used in warfare for decades. But never have they been as central to warfare as they are today. With the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, pilotless, radio-controlled drones exploded in deployment. What once only performed a specialised function suddenly became one of the most important and widely used weapons on the battlefield. Every day, both armies publish videos on social media demonstrating how drones as inexpensive as a few hundred dollars can pulverise costly units of tanks worth millions of dollars.