Whatever happened to journalists getting both sides of the story?
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A propeller driven MQ-9 Reaper cost over $16M in 2006.
If you mean an F-16 class vehicle capable of catching an F-35 (supersonic) and carrying half a dozen missiles, then you're in the F-16 cost range. Not having a pilot might only save a few hundred pounds.
But why use a drone to carry missiles. The US can launch missiles from Navy ships or B-52s under the control of the F-35 super AWACs.
As someone else said, the idea is not to defend against an attack by 20 drones, the idea is to blow up the drone base.
Know what's a good drone? A dozen Navy SM-6s launched from a destroyer, cued by a nearly invisible F-35.
There is no misunderstanding, there is deliberately made up untruths.