Is the actual hardware so expensive? I've heard it's the systems, and increasingly, in them, the software. So mostly the number bandied around might be just de

Is the actual hardware so expensive? I've heard it's the systems, and increasingly, in them, the software. So mostly the number bandied around might be just development and for total cost, upkeep costs, divided by the number of airframes. So losing one isn't so hard, if it's unmanned.