Why do those big ships carry so many fighters? Jeffrey Schwartz 07 Oct 2014 14:51 UTC

http://tech-beta.slashdot.org/story/14/10/05/1843222/us-navy-develops-robot-boat-swarm-to-overwhelm-enemies

I can see the 3I using all those fighters that aren't much use against
other battleships in this kind of role - keeping the launches and
cutters that might or might not be suicide shuttles at bay.