US aerospace firm Boeing is still hoping to weaponise the new MQ-25 Stingray drone it’s building for the US Navy’s aircraft carriers. Sure, there’s a profit motive. But Boeing isn’t wrong. Adding missiles to the far-flying MQ-25 – the Navy’s first in service carrier-capable drone – is a really good idea.
Put simply, the MQ-25 is the only aircraft currently in development for the Navy’s carrier air wings that possesses the range to strike at Chinese forces without forcing the carrier itself to sail dangerously close to those same forces.
