How tanks can survive against cheap, shoulder-fired missiles
The war in Ukraine will boost the development of anti-anti-tank weapons
RUSSIAN TANKS have been having a torrid time during the invasion of Ukraine. According to Oryx, an open-source intelligence blog, at least 153 of them have been destroyed so far, along with 312 armoured vehicles. (The figures for the Ukrainian side are 26 and 57 respectively.)
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “The best defence is a good offence”
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