This is a perfect illustration of how US military industry is optimized for soaking up as much government funding as possible instead of producing reliable weapons that can be manufactured at scale.
This is a perfect illustration of how US military industry is optimized for soaking up as much government funding as possible instead of producing reliable weapons that can be manufactured at scale.
Those are small enough and easy to launch. Most are one way tickets as well.
I’d probably assume they they’re referring to heavily armed and extremely large bombers and recon drones like the Reaper and Predator.
You need to refuel and repair them, and you need dedicated flight and maintenance crew.
I mean, one could expect a drone the size of a proper jet to require the same infrastructure as a jet, no?