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DARPA’s Longshot is a single-use jet meant to be launched in a variety of ways, including from under-wing, blurring the line between armed drone and cruise missile — zooming out ahead to hunt down enemy aircraft and engage them all on its own with an onboard payload of advanced air-to-air missiles, before being shot down, or simply discarded.
Let’s talk about Longshot and similar systems in development today, how they can change the way air warfare plays out, and whether or not disposable drones really do have a place in air warfare.
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