Re:Pentagon to Retire USS Truman Early, Shrinking Carrier Fl...
by AWildC182 on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @04:29PM
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Vs a piloted aircraft? The difference is there but not in the realm of 2:1. As more tech gets loaded on them I suspect they'll reach parity with manned systems. The issue isn't so much wartime cost but the fleet cost as a whole. You get X drones from your budget and they cost a lot of money to maintain (not dissimilar to manned aircraft) so you can't always just have enough to make up for time in transit.
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Re:Pentagon to Retire USS Truman Early, Shrinking Carrier Fl...
by stcredzero on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @06:06PM
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