> An unmanned combat aerial vehicle would probably win in a dogfight If by "unmanned combat aerial vehicle" you mean a missile, maybe. Up to a point fighter pl

> An unmanned combat aerial vehicle would probably win in a dogfight If by "unmanned combat aerial vehicle" you mean a missile, maybe. Up to a point fighter planes get faster as they get larger. Any "drone" that could go toe-to-toe with the F-35 is going to be around the same size and look roughly the same. But more significantly, the F-35 is a stealth fighter that serves primarily as a sensor platform for long-range weaponry. The premise that it would find itself in a dogfight is not realistic.