Our new carriers make great UAV refueling stops

A new transportation technology, trans Atlantic drone deliveries by bot flyers.

Place the large class carriers mid ocean, and anchor them. They become UAV refueling stops. Reuse the elevators for cargo loads and run a package resorting operation mid deck. The discounted cost of one of these carriers becomes 5 billion, the cost of  similar operation in the middle of  city. A 50% write off, but they start producing revenue much sooner. The automated transportation also serves military supply lines.

The advantage, the flyers do not deliver humans and operate safely mid ocean. The carriers can be places at the optimum switch point for packaging, yields great fuel savings. The carrier is a fuel depot, loaded from ships, not carried by air. Cargo capacity per wing surface goes way up. The catapult not generally. This becomes a civilian operation.