On: U.S. military-run slot machines earn $100M a year from service members

[oyashirochama]

You wildly underestimate costs. A F-35 costs 85m-125m. NGAD will likely cost similar and won't be affected by most forms of Jamming, unlike current drones which makes them useless. It's only sheer luck that drones work in ukraine due to the meme levels of shit that is the Russian forces. Drones cost around a quarter or less of fighters normally but can't be flown in contested airspace due to jamming with current technology.

[tomrod → oyashirochama]

> can't be flown in contested airspace due to jamming with current technology

Can't be flown or can't be remotely directed?

[deadbunny → tomrod]

Who exactly is flying a drone?

[tomrod → deadbunny]

Remote personnel with joysticks.

Alternatives would be self flying or pre-programmed flights.

Jamming seems to something to work around in the latter two use cases.

[deadbunny → tomrod]

Both of those require signals to the drone, hard to do if the area is being jammed.

[tomrod → deadbunny]

Self flying and preprogrammed do not need signals to the drone. Perhaps you read the comment strand too quickly.