There's also a lot of confusion due to the overloaded use of the term 'drone' Drone could mean remotely piloted $4M Predator firing $140,000 a piece Hellfire m

There's also a lot of confusion due to the overloaded use of the term 'drone' Drone could mean remotely piloted $4M Predator firing $140,000 a piece Hellfire missiles But drone could also mean mass-produced, battery operated quadcopters delivering small scale explosives over the distance of a few kilometers or less (or perform recon). Sometimes deployed in swarms, flying low. Not necessarily remote controlled Those are two very different military capabilities. The important impact of the kamikaze-drones is that it strongly favors the side with the stronger and more vertically integrated manufacturing base