I can envisage the day soon when Reaper can deploy 20-30 mini Reapers all focused on same targets when required as a defense. Thus making otherside having to focus on defense rather than offense
Sounds very similar to the concept of using non-radar equipped Hawks armed with gunpacks and 2x AIM-9s in the point defence role, with F3s (I think) using it's systems to provide the necessary SA.
I think the above is broadly correct - I was a mere nipper when this was pushed through - but the point I am suggesting is that racedo nicely demonstrates there are very few developments in military capability that are genuinely new, with many being a spin off or adaptation of an earlier idea. And whilst the US might have the necessary C2 and J6 capabilities to effectively command and control such missions and capabilities, I think the UK is still a long way off having the necessary architecture in place to do that.