Facing a "China scenario"--an invasion of Taiwan--continuously mentioned by top DoD officials in recent years would require sheer system number that the U.S. may not have. For their part, U.S. Air Force leaders have said that a thousand or more unmanned, autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) will help achieve the rapid fighter sortie re-generation required, if the bogeyman lifts his head from under the bed in the South China Sea. DoD has also been working on its Replicator drone initiative,…
