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Wars are constantly changing and so are warfare tactics. Among them, the introduction of technological innovations has played an increasingly crucial role on the battlefield. The rapid deployment of drone technology has significantly changed the dynamics and tactical landscape of the modern battlefield. The Nagorno-Karabakh wars indicate that drones create new dimensions to the battlefield that ground units need to manage. Traditional behaviors in the ground tactics core capabilities of fire, movement, and protection are being challenged by drones’ capability of constant surveillance and precision strikes. This presents a complex problem: how have ground units adapted their tactical behavior against drones?

Findings indicate that drones alter the ability to engage enemy targets and that maintaining effective fire capabilities is essential to address drone threats. Mobility is also increasingly dependent on movements in covered terrain. Furthermore, the concept of protection is no longer about exclusively protecting from traditional threats but also from aerial surveillance and drone strikes. However, the tactical capabilities of fire, movement, and protection remain vital to ground tactical conduct, but drones are changing how they are exercised.