> I think that days of big expensive aircraft like modern fighters / bombers are numbered. They will likely be replaced with a swarm of drones, which are smaller, cheaper and harder to detect. For $100M (the price of just one fighter) you can field 10000 cheap drones and literally blot out the sun over the field of battle.
Maybe that's true of regional militaries.
The US wants to be able to project power - often quite far from bases. The drones you're talking about just don't have much of a range.
I'm not saying they won't be used - I'm sure they will be. But there will also be much larger and more expensive drones as well.
Maybe that's true of regional militaries.
The US wants to be able to project power - often quite far from bases. The drones you're talking about just don't have much of a range.
I'm not saying they won't be used - I'm sure they will be. But there will also be much larger and more expensive drones as well.