re: #94 CuriousLurker

I don’t know squat about military stuff, so can anyone tell me if this is accurate?

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The Littoral Combat Ships have gotten a lot of opposition but the concept behind them is actually pretty sound given the nature of the contemporary threat the Navy faces. Their current surface warfare module is geared towards engaging the kinds of threats a country like Iran can field, ie lots of small swarm boats, not large modern naval powers. Their modular design and high power output also makes them a prime contender to mount a rail gun. Rail gun equiped LCSs will effectively resurrect the shore bombardment capability of the old battleships in a much more modern, distributed package. It’s actually one of the less fucked up Pentagon spending programs. They may not be as versatile and rapidly adaptable as originally advertised but there’s really little need for them to be.