Drones have very specific requirements and the US is quickly finding out that there's limitations. The only reason it's pushing it is because there's going to be a serious manpower shortage in the foreseeable future. To maintain a &quot;drone army&quot; you need shittones of technicians and they just. don't. have. them. Those guys are off in software dev, not on the front lines. Drones can't be operated or fixed by the grug brained grunts that are common recruits now.