And, btw, it was a subject of much public interest, because, hello, PIRATES!That was my point.

It is the sensor technology on the drones and what that technology enables that is the story here. Only the U.S. has it.

Also the networking, targetting and missile guidance technology. A drone is no good if it cannot send useful, fresh information back to others, and if its munitions lack very high accuracy, it is not very dangerous because it cannot carry big enough bombs to make up for the lack of accuracy.

And, as has been pointed out already, drones are only useful against adversaries who cannot seriously challenge your control of the airspace in the first place. If you deploy them against an adversary that has decent radars, AA batteries and fighter jets, they will quickly be destroyed without gaining you much. Plus, if you aren’t already at war with said adversary, you’ve just handed them a causus belli by violating their airspace. A spy satellite would be much better.

the flying spaghetti monster will smite them all.

Nice!

The Israeli ones India acquired can. India retired Mig-25s because of TES & now Cartosat-2A

The Indian Navy is all over the news today for sinking a pirate ship and this is all you got? Oh, come on, someone had to say it…..

Thanks for bringing that up!! Hell yeah! Go Navy!