A Type 26, Type 31, or Type 83 could act as the crewed centre of its own group of smaller uncrewed surface vessels. Those accompanying craft would carry weapons or sensors while the crewed ship retained the people needed to command and support them. One concept discussed would reduce the central ship to the smallest practical hull for those crews and put much of the combat equipment on the surrounding vessels. Operating such a dispersed group over the distances envisaged would require additional satellites, which the answer says are missing from the associated purchasing discussion. The feasibility of the force therefore depends on communications support as well as the hulls themselves.
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Crewing the command ship in a task group of uncrewed vessels
Dispersing weapons and sensors among uncrewed ships still requires a crewed command element and communications infrastructure.