I suspect you may see submarines configured to launch drones vertically with rocket assist and recover them using something smaller than a flight deck. Subs alr

I 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).