Britain's Royal Navy says it did what only the US has until now: flown a large drone off the deck of an aircraft carrier

• Britain's Royal Navy announced it hit a milestone that only the US has managed to achieve so far.
• It flew a large drone from the deck of the HMS Prince of Wales, the UK's newest aircraft carrier.
• The specially modified aircraft took off from and landed back on the deck during a trial this week. 

A large, specially modified drone successfully flew from Britain's newest aircraft carrier, the Royal Navy announced, in a major milestone that only the US had until now managed to achieve.