Imagine if the goal isn't immediate destruction. Perhaps the jet thinks it destroyed or evaded them. Then it gets back to base. Drones phone home with location

Imagine if the goal isn't immediate destruction. Perhaps the jet thinks it destroyed or evaded them. Then it gets back to base. Drones phone home with location data of base for other ordinance, release biological warfare agents infecting an entire base (or worse), or spread from the infected jet to other vehicles and equipment doing untold billions in damage.