The case against cheaper drone warfare rests on the quantity of vehicles required and the factories needed to produce them. An inexpensive individual drone still belongs to a production system that must supply large numbers. Users also demand additional functions once a simple drone becomes established. More demanding specifications then increase its cost. These pressures underpin the categorical rejection of the idea that new technology makes warfare cheaper.
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Why drones do not remove the costs of warfare
Large production requirements and expanding specifications complicate the promise of cheap drone warfare.