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I imagine the military value will be too hard to overlook, and will get a lot of Defense dollars. A drone air force is much cheaper than a traditional one with
by melling 4y ago
I imagine the military value will be too hard to overlook, and will get a lot of Defense dollars.
A drone air force is much cheaper than a traditional one with pilots.
Drone use is already evolving in warfare.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/column-drones-old-shells-key-070000440.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/column-drones-old-shells-key-...
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-teenager-and-father-used-drone-to-spy-on-russian-forces-and-help-ukraines-army-12632472 https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-teenager-and-father-u...
Dozens of automated drones could make several quick surveillance runs on a regular basis, for example, using image recognition to report equipment location, etc
- Buttons840 4y ago> A drone air force is much cheaper than a traditional one with pilots. "Cheaper". This might be a reason it won't happen. At least not until wealthy militaries have learned some hard lessons.