‘Sea Hunter,’ a drone ship with no crew, just joined the U.S. Navy fleet

Sounds like a good choice of role, since submarine hunting is conducted entirely through sensors anyways.

“The U.S. military has talked about the strategic importance of replacing ‘king’ and ‘queen’ pieces on the maritime chessboard with lots of ‘pawns.’”

The glass cannon naval warfare is pretty absurd, so making more pawn pieces is a great idea.