[American Constitutionalist]

Would it be cheaper and safer to have a fleet of UAVs that could take off from land and join a aircraft carrier fleet into battle ? or have a land based fleet of UAVs that could replace a aircraft carrier fleet ?

[Tax Government]

Would it be cheaper and safer to have a fleet of UAVs that could take off from land and join a aircraft carrier fleet into battle ? or have a land based fleet of UAVs that could replace a aircraft carrier fleet ?

I think the answer has to be, "eventually, yes." Why not have UAV refueling craft and a whole array of smaller UAV's able to loiter where a carrier goes now?