Pity the poor F-35 Lightning II. Though she’s the pride and joy of Lockheed Martin’s legendary “Skunk Works” division and has been praised by her foreign users, she is the proverbial “unloved redheaded stepchild” of the fifth-generation stealth fighter world.

The Tesla CEO went after the F-35, calling crewed fighter jets "obsolete in the age of drones," but uncrewed technology isn't there yet.

Elon Musk seems to have declared war on the much-criticized F-35 on Twitter/X. Instead, Musk sees a future of drone swarms, and he may now be able to make that happen.