carrier-based

• “Carriers have utility if simpler shore-based options do not exist, but a UK carrier-based capability would not be up to the strength, reach, persistence or effect required.”

  The Guardian: Letters: Tornado whips up defence rethink

• “Peter Singer , the author of "Wired for War," a book about the revolution in military robotics, said the X-47B was "potential game-changing technology for the naval air wing," but cautioned that carrier-based drones were still a long way off.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Drone Will Call Aircraft Carriers Home

• “If the technology proves successful, it could lead to the introduction of carrier-based drones with much longer combat ranges than manned aircraft.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Drone Will Call Aircraft Carriers Home

• “US carrier-based aircraft would still give the US great ability to coerce the Taliban and back their enemies if the Taliban broke the treaty.”

  The Guardian: What next in Afghanistan?

• “The American advocates of carrier-based warfare have noted that Pearl made the point better than they ever could.”

  Cheeseburger Gothic » A Sweet Jane alt-hist challenge!

• “The North American A-5 Vigilante was a powerful, highly advanced carrier-based supersonic bomber designed for the United States Navy.”

  North American A-5 Vigilante | My[confined]Space

• “Mr. Stevens said discussions with the Pentagon remain "somewhat fluid," with the aircraft now largely ahead of plan in its rescheduled testing phase, though the carrier-based version was running two months late.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Lockheed Faces New Funding Challenge on F-35 Program

• “In addition to competing with each other, the companies piling into mobile messaging are looking to displace carrier-based texting and Research In Motion Ltd.'s popular BlackBerry Messenger app.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Skype to Acquire Start-Up GroupMe

• “So, for the next 10 years, Britain will have no carrier-based strike force.”

  The Guardian: Defence cuts don't go deep enough

• “The normally quiet patch of the East Sea has been a buzz of military activity – with helicopters dropping sonar buoys into the waters, squadrons of carrier-based F-18 fighters embarking on bombing runs and destroyers blasting their guns at unmanned aerial drones.”

  The Huffington Post: US, South Korean Ships Drop Anti-Sub Bombs In Drills

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