The proposed ship would be the crewed center of a small task group of uncrewed vessels and aircraft. Airborne early warning would probably come from a high-flying uncrewed aircraft carrying radar. Uncrewed vessels towing sonar arrays would form an anti-submarine cordon around the hull. The central ship would keep that distributed formation operating.
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The battleship as an uncrewed task-group hub
The proposed 21st-century battleship is a crewed command and support hub surrounded by uncrewed sensors and anti-submarine escorts.