Originally Posted by Milo
possibly a stupid question.....
but could these UAVs be launched from one of the new carriers without a catapult?
What about landing it?
Are the Americans already testing the X-47B which is a blooming great big hunk of metal and although that might need a catapult to launch, it will still be a pilotless aircraft and it will also be capable of deck landings.
With a carrier that lacks any type of arrester wire then we might need a different method of recovery but silly question it most certainly is not.