> can send many missiles at the same time, and the anti-missile suite of the plane has to defeat every single one. That's what makes unmanned planes special: I

> can send many missiles at the same time, and the anti-missile suite of the plane has to defeat every single one. That's what makes unmanned planes special: It doesn't. It just has to force enough missiles to be fired that the missiles are more expensive/valuable than the plane when it ultimately gets shot down. (Value can be different from financial cost, depending on e.g. supply shortages, influence on the rest of the war, etc.)