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Trump ally Musk calls for US to replace fighter jets with drones

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November 27, 2024

Billionaire Elon Musk, tapped by US President-elect Donald Trump to slash federal government spending, lashed out at modern fighter jets on Nov 25, saying that drones were the future of air combat.

Trump ally Musk calls for US to replace fighter jets with drones

"Manned fighter jets are obsolete in the age of drones anyway. Will just get pilots killed," said the head of SpaceX, Tesla and X, in a post on his social media platform.

Mr Musk singled out the F-35 - a next-generation fighter jet manufactured by US-based Lockheed Martin that entered service in 2015 - for criticism.

"Meanwhile, some idiots are still building manned fighter jets like the F-35," he posted, alongside a video of hundreds of drones hovering in formation in the sky.

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