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There's dollar cost, and then there's political cost. A pilot shot down and killed or captured is a political liability and military planners have to take that
by danjac 6y ago
There's dollar cost, and then there's political cost. A pilot shot down and killed or captured is a political liability and military planners have to take that into account when deploying manned aircraft vs drones.
- greedo 6y agoAgreed, but that doesn't mean that an autonomous aircraft will be cheap simply because it lacks a pilot. The cost for a Global Hawk is north of $250M, and it sure isn't a fighter bomber.