One proposed carrier group gives four uncrewed partners to a large cruiser-like combatant and two to each of four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. Those twelve sloops join five crewed escorts, producing seventeen ships around the carrier. The carrier can concentrate on aviation while the escorts support the additional surface vessels. A submarine seeking to reach the central ships would have to pass more towed arrays, helicopters, and other systems. The example treats uncrewed technology as a source of defensive capability that also complicates the attacker's task.
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A carrier group gains depth from an uncrewed escort screen
A force-design sketch pairs each large surface combatant with several uncrewed sloops to create a much wider defensive screen around a carrier.