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> There's a huge amount to be gained by being able to stage aircraft from much smaller ships. These are called amphibious assault ships like the America and Ta
by starpilot 13y ago
> There's a huge amount to be gained by being able to stage aircraft from much smaller ships.
These are called amphibious assault ships like the America and Tarawa classes. They can serve helicopters and V/STOL fixed-wing aircraft. No catapults.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America-class_amphibious_assault_ship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America-class_amphibious_assaul...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Saipan_LHA-2_amphibious_assault_ship.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Saipan_LHA-2_amphibiou...
- Tloewald 13y agoI suspect you may see submarines configured to launch drones vertically with rocket assist and recover them using something smaller than a flight deck. Subs already deploy SEAL teams and there has been at minimum experimental use of remote piloted minisubs — this would be a perfect complement. This heralds the end of the aircraft carrier (a good thing, since they're really quite obsolete conceptually).