Originally Posted by
etudiant
Surely this is more akin to the introduction of the 'Dreadnought' by Lord Fisher. He successfully cleared the decks for the Kaiser to start a battleship race by obsoleting the existing Royal Navy battle line, so all started from scratch.
This AI drone similarly potentially eliminates the US advantage of thousands of trained aircrews, leaving the competition to depend on production capacity, where China has or will soon have a substantial advantage.