The US Navy’s Angry Birds
... towards the “strong option”. It is noted that the proposed “weak option” duplicates functions which can be fulfilled by other manned and unmanned assets of the Navy and Air Force, primarily the land-based MQ-4C reconnaissance UAVs. The Navy notes that the “weak option” UCLASS will be gradually strengthened and modified thanks to its “open architecture”. Some authoritative experts challenge this, saying that in principle the UAV, which is designed for long reconnaissance ...