The turtle tank, a massively up-armored tank with layers of protection against tiny explosive drones, is the product of “a constant evolutionary race between protection and firepower that continues on the Ukrainian battlefield,” according to Czech analyst Jakub Janovsky.

Tiny drones are almost sure to be a fixture on any major land war in the coming years and decades. But that doesn’t mean the same conflicts will evolve turtle tanks the way the Ukraine was has done, Janovsky posited.

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