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Originally Posted by worth
Drones are no where near ready to take over as full time aircraft for the simple fact that drones carry extremly minimal munitions. Jets and bombers have an arsenal of ordinance at their disposal.
Until you start flying an F-16 drone around, it's no contest.
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Thus far drones have had the a limited role, and all been on our side, I can't see any reason you couldn't build a very fast limited range rocket powered drone ala a cruise missile, but strap an air to air missile to it instead.
The only reason it hasn't happened is we have had no need for it, but I don't doubt someone somewhere is trying to work out a cheap easy way to deal with US air power.