Welcome back P-38. It's a 9000 nautical mile range turboprop with a payload of 1 LRASM. The manufacturer claims a swarm of these are 10x cheaper than traditional bombers.https://www.swarm.aero/This is slightly higher than the USAF's MMA (Massed Modular Aircraft) requirements.
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>>65514898>The manufacturer claims a swarm of these are 10x cheaper than traditional bombers.Each unit is 1/10th the cost of a traditional bomber or a swarm of them is 1/10th the cost of a traditional bomber?
>>65515029A swarm of them is 10x cheaper than traditional bombers delivering an equal number of LRASMs. The MMA contract has a $10m unit cost cap for reference. new interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EcaAHzuWjIIt uses the same engine as a Reaper and is basically filling the same role, but for peer war at Pacific ranges.
>>65515061Why would it need to when it's already opened?
>>65515064>Posting this againAnon, you have posted this shit in multiple thread. It wont make the strait magically open.
>>65515068You better tell that to Iran themselves.https://www.tasnimnews.ir/fa/news/1405/06/22/3696044/
>>65515061Iran tried to open it with USVs and it didnt work out
Can we talk about drones please instead of insecure pol crap?
>>65515068>thread about random drone>butthurt shitskin brings up the strait >cry about anon posting the same low effort counter?
>>65515068stop whining like a little bitch, don't dish it out if you can't take it, go to your dedicated iran thread, tourist.
>>65515061The Taiwan Strait? Absolutely.
>>65514898If Swarm can make these for what the USAF is asking then yes buy the 500 that will fulfill the MMA replacement of the Reaper.