How Trump revived gunboat diplomacy

The ships “can be used as an arsenal” for “unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or missiles instead of just aircraft”, said Dr Sidharth Kaushal, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). He added: “Let’s say you want to launch an aircraft at an area that is heavily defended, like [Russia’s] Kaliningrad. If you can launch 100 drones to cause the radar to light up before the aircraft arrive, there’s a new challenge for the adversary.”