"I do think we are seeing the definition of what is a carrier changing. You can turn America-class amphibious assault ships into smaller, less expensive versions of carriers. You can equip surface ships like destroyers as well as submarines with not just missiles and torpedoes but drones than can do roles traditionally performed by carrier aircraft, like surveillance or even strike, such as finding and taking out opponents' missile batteries."

Source : "Trump's Military Ignorance Steams Full Speed Ahead". Interview With Tobin Harshaw, www.bloomberg.com. May 15, 2017.

P. W. Singer

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