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Yes UAVs have their place and so do UCAVs but to replace a manned strike fighter with a UCAV is madness.
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Why Xab?
I consider developing and buying a $60+ million platform for Europe to be total idiocy. There will be peace in Europe for a long time to come, if not forever. Which means you are building your armed forces around peacekeeping. A fighter bomber is overkill for that role. If you can get your UCAV for under $25 million what's the point in buying a hugely expensive fighter bomber?
And BTW, the only way that Europe will be able to beat JSF sales is marketing a cheap UCAV IMO.