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As Ukraine has shown, a truckload of drones takes out any number of planes, and large chunks of the airfields where those planes are parked.

Oh, and planes need fuel. And large production plants for parts, and huge maintenance hangars.



Right but that works well for a war against your neighbor. Ukraine isn't launching these drones to fly over to the Central African Republic.


Planes also don't fly that far




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