[B-Chan]

Yep. The age of the big-deck fleet carrier is just about done. The future belongs to jeep carriers and carrier subs packing unmanned multirole aircraft.

B-Chan
Former MM3
USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65)

[Joe 6-pack]

"Yep. The age of the big-deck fleet carrier is just about done. The future belongs to jeep carriers and carrier subs packing unmanned multirole aircraft."

You may be right, but I'm always wary of pronouncements of obsolescence. About six months before Operation Just Cause, I was told the age of mass tactical parachute drops was over. Less than a year before Operation Desert Storm, I was told that the days of mass armor attacks and the main battle tank were over...