
For the first time.
In ‘Mordor’’s.
35-month wider war.
On Ukraine.
The ‘elves’ may have.
A tank advantage.
Over the ‘orcs’.
But only along.
But only along.
Certain stretches of.
The 800-mile.
Front line.
It all comes.
Down to drones.
As is often the case.
In a war.
That is increasingly.
Dominated by.
Robotic systems.
Of all types.
“Our tanks can only.
Operate from covered positions.”
One ‘orc’ blogger.
Complained in a long missive.
Reduced to firing from.
Camouflaged positions.
Miles behind the front line.
‘Orcs’ tanks are essentially.
Inaccurate howitzers.
—and not the assault-leading.
Combat vehicles.
Their designers intended.
By contrast.
‘Elves’ tanks operate.
“More freely.”
The blogger claimed.
It all comes.
Down to drones.
As is often the case.
In a war.
That is increasingly.
Dominated by.
Robotic systems.
Of all types.
“The enemy has achieved.
Sufficient scale.
And variety.
In its drones.”
“And has honed.
Its tactics.
For their use.”
The blogger explained.
Anywhere along.
The front line.
Where the ‘elves’.
Have managed to deploy.
Two company-sized.
Drone groups.
Each with a few.
Dozen operators.
‘Orcs’ tanks “simply.
Don’t reach the line.
For launching an attack.”
According to the blogger.
They get droned miles.
Behind the line of contact.
They get droned miles.
Behind the line of contact.
It all comes.
Down to drones.
As is often the case.
In a war.
That is increasingly.
Dominated by.
Robotic systems.
Of all types.
‘Elves’ tanks enjoy.
Safer air space.
The blogger claimed.
“Our drone operations.”
“Our drone operations.
Are much weaker”.
Owing to intensive.
‘Elves’ radio jamming.
And poor quality control.
In drone manufacturing.
Overseen by corrupt.
Kremlin bureaucrats.
So ‘elves’ tanks can roll.
Right up to the line.
Of contact.
To directly engage.
To directly engage.
‘Orcs’ forces.
With their cannons.
And machine guns.
It all comes.
Down to drones.
As is often the case.
In a war.
That is increasingly.
Dominated by.
Robotic systems.
Of all types.
The ‘orcs’ only salvation is.
Their abundant stocks of.
Shoulder-fired anti-tank.
Guided missiles, the blogger wrote.
The ‘elves’ purported.
Tank advantage.
As the wider war grinds toward.
Its fourth year represents.
A reversal since 2022.
Back then, ‘elves’ brigades.
“Rarely used direct fire.
With tanks”.
Owing to ‘orcs’.
Huge advantage.
Huge advantage.
In artillery and air power.
Tiny drones and drone jammers.
Hadn’t yet transformed.
The battlefield and tilted.
The tank advantage toward Ukraine.
It all comes.
Down to drones.
As is often the case.
In a war.
That is increasingly.
Dominated by.
Robotic systems.
Of all types.
The exception to.
This alleged new dynamic.
Is in Kursk Oblast.
In western ‘Mordor’.
Where a strong ‘elves’ force.
Is fighting.
To retain control of.
250 square miles.
250 square miles.
Of ‘orcs’ soil.
It seized.
Back in August.
The Kremlin has supplied.
Its regiments and brigades.
In Kursk with the best.
Fiber-optic drones.
Which are controlled.
Via signals traveling through.
Thin cables—and can’t be.
Jammed by traditional means.
It all comes.
Down to drones.
As is often the case.
In a war.
That is increasingly.
Dominated by.
Robotic systems.
Of all types.
The ‘orcs’ fiber-optic drones.
Helped blunt.
An ‘elves’ attack.
Along the northern edge.
An ‘elves’ attack.
Along the northern edge.
Of the Kursk salient.
On 5 January.
Evidence abounds of.
The new jam-proof drones.
Striking ‘elves’ tanks.
Including the best.
American-made.
M-1 Abrams.
And German-made.
Leopard 2s.
It all comes.
Down to drones.
As is often the case.
In a war.
That is increasingly.
Dominated by.
Robotic systems.
Of all types.
But the Kremlin only supplies.
The new drones to.
“Priority sectors”, including Kursk.
The blogger explained.
That leaves units.
In other sectors.
To make do with drones.
That often don’t work.
That often don’t work.
—and when they do work.
Are promptly grounded.
By ‘elves’ jamming.
The ‘elves’ drone advantage.
Has become.
A tank advantage.
As the war has ground on.
It all comes.
Down to drones.
As is often the case.
In a war.
That is increasingly.
Dominated by.
Robotic systems.
Of all types.
‘Orcs’ anti-tank missiles.
Blunt this advantage.
But the main reason.
The ‘elves’ can’t leverage.
Their armored edge.
To roll back.
Recent ‘orcs’ gains.
May be.
A persistent shortage.
Of infantry.
“While they may lack.
The infantry.”
“To hold large areas.
… they remain.
A formidable opponent.”
The blogger warned.
*Because I read “For The First Time Since 2022, Ukraine May Have A Tank Advantage Over Russia” by David Axe on 12 Jan 2025 on the Forbes, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022 on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem.
Please read the original story on the Forbes
For The First Time Since 2022, Ukraine May Have The Tank Advantage