Drones are changing war in ways we never thought possible, but are we to the point where uncrewed systems can replace top-dollar weapons like the F-35 stealth fighter?
Prominent tech-industry figures say yes. Analysts and former warfighters say that we aren’t there yet and that replacement might not be the right call, regardless.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has targeted the Pentagon’s prized fifth-generation stealth jet, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. In a series of social-media posts on X […]
Elon Musk says human-piloted fighter jets like the F-35 are obsolete. Drone tech can't yet fill the gap.