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You can't patrol a no fly zone with a drone. Drones don't do air to air combat, the only real use of drones at this time is ground surveillance. That may chan
by jki275 6y ago
You can't patrol a no fly zone with a drone. Drones don't do air to air combat, the only real use of drones at this time is ground surveillance.
That may change some day in the future, but that's the reality now.
And the F35 can do CAS, sort of, but that's not really its role. We've got a whole host of fourth gen aircraft to do CAS as CAS is nearly always done in an environment where we have full air superiority.
- Retric 6y agoAdding sensors to a drone isn’t a major issue. https://www.defenseworld.net/news/28773/GA_ASI_Integrates_Lockheed_Legion_Pod_Onto_Avenger_RPA https://www.defenseworld.net/news/28773/GA_ASI_Integrates_Lo... That said, you’re right, F-35’s have already been delivered and represent actual capacity not hypothetical alternatives. However, my personal experience was mostly on the R&D side of the DoD which colors my thinking about this stuff.