Small solar-powered craft can travel around the world while performing limited sensor tasks. Their endurance is useful within that narrow role. They remain exposed to accidental collection in fishing nets and other damage at sea. The example qualifies size-based fleet forecasts by preserving a place for small specialist craft alongside larger fighting vessels.
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Small solar-powered craft have useful but limited sensor roles
Long-range solar-powered sensor craft retain a useful niche, with exposure to fishing gear and other damage limiting what can be assumed of them.