The funny thing is that for a long time the opposite applied to fighter planes post WW2 - a more advanced one could take down entire airwings of older planes as

The funny thing is that for a long time the opposite applied to fighter planes post WW2 - a more advanced one could take down entire airwings of older planes as the tech dominated so well and spam wasn't the answer. Of course drones lack the biological limits on G-Force and the economic scales and factors like pilot deaths mean the situations are not identical. The real question to be answered is probably one of "expendible drones vs premium super drones" long term as the age old battle of quality vs quantity.