Why are drones favored by countries?

Because drones have many advantages, you will get various answers to this question from different angles. Here are some important reasons for this.

First of all, in modern wars, the contest between air strikes and anti-air strikes is becoming more and more fierce. Even the most advanced high-tech aircraft of the US military are often hit by ground fire, which will destroy the aircraft and kill people. When someone piloted the plane, the drone was caught by military experts with the slogan of "zero casualties". With the UAV as a "body body double", in many cases, pilots don't have to risk their lives to fight.

Secondly, the design, manufacture and practical use of manned aircraft need to invest a lot of money, and its maintenance is also an expensive expense. Therefore, many small countries are more willing to develop drones. It does not need crew operation, and its structure is simple and light, so the cost is not high. Generally, it only needs tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the cost of a single state-of-the-art large drone will exceed 20 million dollars.

Third, the "9. 1 1" incident in the United States and the kidnapping incident in Russia are warning the world that terrorist activities have developed to a very high level and the fight against terrorism will become more difficult. If you want to get accurate information about terrorism in time, it is useless to rely solely on satellites and U-2 reconnaissance planes. Although UAV is not omnipotent, it can fly from ultra-low altitude to ultra-high altitude, hover for a long time in a very wide space, monitor the battlefield and provide detailed information about terrorist activities at any time.

Fourth, the biggest disadvantage of existing drones is that they need someone to operate remotely on the ground. The future intelligent UAV will realize the automation of searching, tracking and destroying targets. By then, one person can monitor multiple drones at the same time, significantly improving operational efficiency.

It is precisely because drones have such outstanding advantages that countries are scrambling to develop a new generation of products. It is estimated that the growth rate of drones will double every 10 year. At present, the total number of drones in the world is about 48,000. At this rate, this number will increase sharply to 654.38+200,000 in 2065,438+00. According to this development trend, drones are likely to replace manned aircraft and become the new owners of the sky.