Comment by jjk166

There's going to be ground fighting somewhere, and those nations that are in similar situations to Ukraine right now should be taking a lot of notes from the Ukraine conflict. Taiwan should be setting up the infrastructure to mass produce drones.

It's very unlikely that the US, on the other hand, is going to find itself in a position at all similar to Ukraine's anytime soon. It's not going to put its forces anywhere that they don't have air superiority, and its strategy will focus on utilizing its large and technically advanced forces to maximize overall impact, not minimizing cost per shot. That doesn't mean that the US won't be able to make any use of drones, but it means that the rate it would use drones is going to be different (and almost certainly lower). The US may want the capability to supply its more vulnerable allies with drones, but the limiting factor there is probably going to be the supply lines and political will rather than manufacturing capacity; and it would make sense to help build up these capabilities in allied nations. This buys time and frees up resources for the US to provide the high end, war winning equipment that it specializes in.