BUT the stats fail to outline how many were ALLOWED (read - Ordered) to continue on their 'Risky Missions' - missions in conditions that manned aircraft would NOT have been 'authorised' to continue / endure........
...yes it goes without saying that some of them were lost 'unintentionally', but stats need to be balanced in terms of total hours flown - which might surprise some 'experts' as to the overall loss rate per flying hour...
...guess I am in for the usual suspects rebuttals........helmet on..!