re: #94 CuriousLurker

Not entirely, but it makes a decent point: The Navy does indeed want to replace the Cyclone-class patrol boats with Littoral Combat Ships, but its case for doing so is a bit better than the article allows: The bigger ships can carry more weapons and two of them would stand a much better chance against a ‘small craft swarm’ than two Cyclones would.

That said, the decision is characteristic of the USN’s long-standing preference for larger, long-ranged surface combatants.