Originally Posted by
sfm818
True. Recovered during calm sea state. However. They've proven f/w drone launch off a bow ramp and demonstrated non-arrested landing. Scale the available flight deck area up to QE Class and the RN operating that class of UCAV with ordnance must have potential.
Which the RN did when PWLS went stateside a couple of years ago?
Point being, those hi-lift STOL drones (yes MQ9 we mean you) are all well and good. But not exactly a capability for anything other than ISR at the minute...