And the Aurora fleet was probably capable of covering more with fewer aircraft. The Argus literally had a reciprocating engine and vacuum tube electronics.
The numbers game is just silly. Especially in the age of drones. A single Global Hawk can survey 100 000 square kilometers in 24 hrs.
Not sure that endurance or range (setting drones aside) improved with the Auroras. Certainly able to "see" more in whatever patch of ocean it's flying over, of course, but did coverage get so much better with the Auroras as to negate the smaller numbers?
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