mother ship
Example Sentences
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Ukraine, which has its own mother ship drones, is trying to regain the edge.
Europol said the gang used speedboats "repeatedly, departing from strategic points in the Atlantic Ocean to a mother ship transporting the cocaine".
From BBC
“Iran launched a mother ship that contains these drones. It’s off the East Coast of the United States of America. They’ve launched drones.”
From Los Angeles Times
Farah and Diiriye say their aim is to hijack a medium-sized vessel deep in the Indian Ocean and then make it back to their mother ship, using its GPS tracking system to find bigger ships to target.
From BBC
“I’m going to tell you the real deal. Iran launched a mother ship that contains these drones,” Van Drew said on Fox News on Wednesday.
From Slate
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.