It is one deciding factor, among the other you listed, which I already highlighted - sensors, compute, engines etc. I'm just pointing out a fighter sized UAV pl

It is one deciding factor, among the other you listed, which I already highlighted - sensors, compute, engines etc. I'm just pointing out a fighter sized UAV platform with no human limitation, more tech / countermeasures and fuel is going to have dramatically better performance envelope for evading AA, especially missiles with limited deltaV. Which is arguably more significant than dogfighting since dogfighting is a means to an end - destroying some significant ground target. Highly maneuverable UAV platforms that can trivially penetrate air defenses is more scary than AI fighters that can trivially shoot down other fighters, because being good at evasion means they wouldn't even need to dogfight.