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Trump ally Musk calls for US to replace fighter jets with drones

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Billionaire Elon Musk, tapped by US President-elect Donald Trump to slash federal government spending, lashed out at modern fighter jets on Monday, saying that drones were the future of air combat.

'Manned fighter jets are obsolete in the age of drones anyway. Will just get pilots killed,' said the head of SpaceX, Tesla and X, in a post on his social media platform.

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