Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110520:21:56:00
Might not sink the carrier but it can certainly cripple its mission. >> i know that -- there's a great deal of interest in the carriers vis-a-vis the -- the -- the df-21. that's -- that's the big question. and the -- and how that carrier now becomes vulnerable. >> reporter: america's answer is a version of the unmanned vehicle that can launch and land at sea. the u-class would fly farther and longer than a fighter pilot. prototype took its first test flight in february. >> we remain committed to getting a squadron aboard an aircraft carrier by 2018. >> reporter: the u.s. has been flying land b...