Talk:MQ-99/@comment-32910577-20180825144330/@comment-24228121-20190308052235

That's actually likely on purpose, as the design seems inspired by "attritable" UAV's. That is, aircraft that are small and cheap enough that they CAN be sacrificed if the mission demands it, but can still be recovered and reused easily like a normal drone. Like a cruise missile that you can land and send back up in the ever blurring line between drone and smart-missile.