Cheap Drones Challenge F-35 Dominance, America Shaken by New Warfare Economics

• Inexpensive 'kamikaze' drones are rendering multi-million dollar fighter jets and missiles obsolete, challenging traditional air power.
• Iran's Shahed drones, costing $20,000-$50,000, are overwhelming US air defenses, which use $4 million Patriot missiles to intercept them.
• The Ukraine war shows drones cause 70% of casualties, reducing risk to human pilots and making warfare 'human-less'.
• The Pentagon warns that firing expensive missiles at cheap drones is economically unsustainable, citing over $1 billion spent by the US Navy in the Red Sea.
• The US is now developing its own cheap drones, like the LUCAS, mimicking Iran's Shahed design, and exploring laser weapons and drone hunters for future defense.