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Highly maneuverable reusable aircraft (even drones) are expensive, and a scarcer resource than missiles. In modern great power military conflict, if you get to
by harshreality 2y ago
Highly maneuverable reusable aircraft (even drones) are expensive, and a scarcer resource than missiles.
In modern great power military conflict, if you get to the point where you can fly F-16s or a hypermaneuverable AI dogfighting drone into visual range against an opponent [with inferior planes] who's out of missiles, haven't you already won?
If the opponent isn't inferior in dogfights, then instead of using ~$1mil munitions as expendables, you're using planes (and possibly pilots) as expendables. That's not a good or economical trade-off when missiles are as good as they are today.