Are Drones the Future of Warfare?

Are drones really the future of war? Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region fought over by Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020, was widely described as a “drone war.” But urban warfare expert John Spencer explains that the decisive battle for Shusha was not won by drones. Azerbaijani special forces climbed 400-foot cliffs and took the city by surprise. Technology matters, but the oldest truths of warfare still apply. When the media reduces a war to one simple storyline, what truth gets left out?