Elon Musk says US wants many hypersonic missiles, long-range drones: ‘Something manned will die very quick’

Enterprise titan Elon Musk asserted that the U.S. wants a big stockpile of hypertonic missiles and long-range air and sea drones. 

“America wants a big amount of long-range drones (air, floor water & submarine) and hypersonic missiles. Something manned will die very quick in a drone battle,” Musk declared Thursday in a submit on X.

The feedback complimented feedback he made in a tweet final month: “Future wars are all about drones & hypersonic missiles. Fighter jets piloted by people can be destroyed in a short time,” he opined.

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Elon Musk listens as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump addresses a Home Republicans Convention assembly on the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Pictures)

Musk has particularly focused F-35 fighter jet, calling it “a s— design.”

“The F-35 design was damaged on the necessities stage, as a result of it was required to be too many issues to too many individuals. This made it an costly & advanced jack of all trades, grasp of none. Success was by no means within the set of attainable outcomes. And manned fighter jets are out of date within the age of drones anyway. Will simply get pilots killed,” he declared in a submit in November. 

In one other submit final month, he exclaimed, “Some US weapons methods are good, albeit overpriced, however please, within the title of all that’s holy, allow us to cease the worst army worth for cash in historical past that’s the F-35 program!”

AMERICA NEEDS DRONES AND THE F-35 TO WIN THE NEXT WAR

An Israeli Air Pressure F-35 Lightning II fighter plane flies over throughout an air present in Tel Aviv on April 26, 2023, as Israel marks Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut), 75 years for the reason that institution of the Jewish state.  (JACK GUEZ/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Musk, together with former presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, to spearhead the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), an unofficial effort to show authorities waste and advocate for spending cuts.

Musk has been sounding the alarm in regards to the nation’s profligate spending.

“Terrifying [to be honest],” he wrote final month concerning America’s large nationwide debt. 

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth check flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Tx. (Brandon Bell/Getty Pictures)

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The nationwide debt exceeds $36.1 trillion, in line with fiscaldata.treasury.gov.

“We both repair this or go de facto bankrupt,” Musk warned in a submit on Thursday.