Comments by "Louis Giokas" (@louisgiokas2206) on "Can air-to-air drones break the frontline deadlock?" video.

There you go with the "three to one" rule of thumb. Look at the Gulf War and the Iraq War. The attacking side in both cases actually had fewer troops than the defender. Look at the offensive phases of the various war that Israel has fought. In the Yom Kippur war, the Israelis were even at the point of moving all the way to Cairo. They were held back both by the US and by the daunting prospect of what to do when they got there. The real issue is force multipliers. The US has those in spades. In the Gulf War the Iraqis had built massive trench lines and minefields. Using airpower to suppress the Iraqis the allied forces were able to punch through these. If Ukraine had such assets, they could have easily pushed through the Russian lines in the south, for example. Another thing I find interesting about all this drone warfare stuff, again going back to WWI, is that this will not be static. Don't forget that aircraft were initially used for reconnaissance. Then there was a need to shut down the other side's ability to reconnoiter the area from the air. This led to dedicated fighter aircraft. We probably will see something similar in Ukraine with the drones. I expect this is already being worked on by all parties, including the US.
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