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The Navy is extending the range of its fighter jets by using unmanned aircraft for refueling

For decades, the aircraft carrier has been a symbol of American military power, and nobody knows that better than China, which has been developing weapons to sink the carrier. The Navy is upping the ante with a new unmanned aircraft designed to extend the range of fighter jets and keep its carriers out of harm's way. David Martin reports.
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