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USA: in the future all ships as aircraft carriers?

A system able to take off drones even from smaller units

The future of the US Navy could be that all ships in the fleet become small aircraft carriers. This is predicted by DARPA's engineers (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) who are working on a joint program with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to ensure that ships can carry drones on board UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) both for combat (UCAV, Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles) and for Intelligence,...

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Washington, USA, 07/30/2018 13:53
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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