[Army Air Corps]

... but they’re not as likely to be.

If jamming is the countermeasure against the platform, then it will be used. I am not saying that UCAVs do not have a place in air combat; they do. Personally, I see them as cannon fodder against a layered air defense system or as a first wave against a larger force. UCAVs would be part of the force mix. Cruise missles didn't replace bombers as their early boosters predicted, but they did come to fill a niche and became part of the weapons system mix.

[1010RD]

You are correct and perhaps they’ll supplement the existing fighter forces. Though this line from the article is a bit deceptive: “dramatically shown the limitations of such systems”. What the recent events in Iran show is a breakdown, not of the UCAV system in a technical sense, but the breakdown of the system in a political sense. We knew about the potential for this attack as well as the software problems. It just never was corrected. Why?