US rapidly developed "Ghost" drones for Ukraine, Pentagon says

I don't agree with this. I can see from your post history that you're very excited about this idea, but you're overlooking two big things:

1) The US designed, built, and delivered this in, what, days? You only do that with the technologies you're already INTIMATELY familiar with. I can pretty much promise you that this drone is light-years behind anything that the US needs field-tested. Especially after spending the last 20 years in the "global war on terror" (fought in large part with drones).

2) The US is deeply committed to Ukraine -- honestly, I'd despaired of this country agreeing on anything after the (Putin-driven?) division of the last decade, and here we are -- but even so, our government simply can't risk anything cutting-edge in a place where Russia or its allies could recover it. The next major US war will probably be fought with China (right after China's economy starts collapsing and it needs a good distraction for its people). Thanks to lots of money and massive espionage, China is much different militarily than Russia, and the US will need to have an edge. You will not see that edge being blown on a battlefield where the US itself isn't at stake. Especially when Ukraine has proven that it can win with anything IF there's enough of it. What Ukraine needs is not fancy stuff, but LOTS of stuff, and that's the need this "new" drone was created to fill.

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