Will drone swarms soon make fighters obsolete?

Will drone swarms soon make fighters and dogfighting obsolete?

They may reshape air combat, but the panel doubts they will replace fighters within a decade and notes that missile combat has already displaced most traditional dogfighting.

A viewer compares skepticism about drone swarms with old resistance to aircraft replacing battleships. The response accepts that uncrewed systems may eventually displace some crewed fighters, but doubts that the transition will be complete within the next decade. The panel also notes that modern air combat is already dominated by missiles fired at distance rather than classic turning dogfights. The useful distinction is therefore between changes already under way and a stronger claim that the fighter itself is about to disappear.