Romania and the U.S. Just Ran a Tank Drill Like It’s 2014 - In the FPV Drone Era
If you watched the footage without context, you’d think you were seeing a classic armored training vignette: big guns, tracked steel, coordinated maneuvers, day-and-night live firing, and the…
If you watched the footage without context, you’d think you were seeing a classic armored training vignette: big guns, tracked steel, coordinated maneuvers, day-and-night live firing, and the kind of unit-level tactics that armies have refined for decades.
But look closer at what isn’t on those tanks.
No visible passive anti-drone protection. No obvious cages, screens, or add-on measures that have become a basic survival reflex in an era where cheap FPV drones can hunt armor like a video game—except with real explosions.
And that’s what makes Romania’s latest joint training with U.S. tankers feel less like a preview of the future… and more like a reminder…



