The current autonomous technology limits the combat mission of UAVs, but if the weakness of the autonomy can be compensated with robust networks and crowding flights, the attritable UAVs can effectively respond to dominant enemy threats. The United States is developing the low cost and attritable UAVs and upgrading operational concepts to block China's challenge.
This paper suggested that low-cost and attritable UAVs can effectively perform surveillance and reconnaissance, initial response, etc. on threats of North Korean and neighboring countries by a combined operational concept with man and unman. With the development of autonomous technology, the roles of the low cost and attritable UAVs will be expanded.