What one Predator drone pilot described of his experience fighting in the Iraq war while never leaving Nevada: 'You're going to war for 12 hours, sho….

It's very clear that there are greater threats to these ships since, arguably, World War II. There are new technologies that can now reach them and m….

The drone war takes place 24/7, 365 days a year. The war doesn't stop on Christmas. It's like being a fireman when there's a fire every single day, d….

The best way to create cost overruns in any military acquisition is to change course midstream. That is exactly what Donald Trump wants to do here..

It is utterly inappropriate for the president Donald Trump to be weighing in the design and acquisitions process of carrier ships at this level. Had ….

Robots are emotionless, so they don't get upset if their buddy is killed, they don't commit crimes of rage and revenge. But ... they see an 80-year-o….

I do think we are seeing the definition of what is a carrier changing. You can turn America-class amphibious assault ships into smaller, less expensi….

We are not getting rid of carriers any time soon. This is both because of their utility and also because of their role in Navy culture and in the def….

When a robot dies, you don't have to write a letter to its mother..

China is working on a similar system for its future carriers. Donald Trump may want to go back to 1920s-level technology, but the rest of the world i….

Drons change the way politicians think about war. You already have society's barriers against war dropping, and now you have a technology that takes ….

The problem is not just the cost of the ships, but that the swapping was supposed to be quick, but right now it can take days or weeks, which is more….