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When Reaper drones cost $15M and an F-35 costs $200M, it sure seems like cranking out drones would be a reasonable tactic.
by simantel 11y ago
When Reaper drones cost $15M and an F-35 costs $200M, it sure seems like cranking out drones would be a reasonable tactic.
- DougWebb 11y agoThat was the "Sherman Tank" strategy in WWII, if I'm not mistaken. Shermans cost a lot less than Tigers, and one-on-one they were no match. But because of the cost difference the US was able to build so many more of them that they were an overwhelming horde, despite the heavy losses among the crews. With modern drones, we're not losing crews anymore, just hardware. So we could build enough of them to be overwhelming against any opposing force. (Except, perhaps, an even larger swarm of enemy drones.)