[QUOTE=PaddyWest2012;152313]Interesting point about battlecruisers. Perhaps some of the shortcomings of the LCS program are comparable to that of HMS Hood? Very fancy, cool modern weapons, but after a few hits in the right place: no more Hood. Built for speed and power, but not able to take any punches. By comparison we have Bismarck. She took a lot more hits than Hood did before she went down because she was built for that. Odd how we don’t learn from the past…[/QUOTE]
that is the thing about the two LCS classes, built for speed but not for power… at least a battlecruiser like HOOD had guns even if it couldn’t take a hit. LCSs are virtually naked of weapons. What the hell is the point of a warship that cannot throw a punch and certainly can’t take one? Also, the FFG-7 class frigates were designed to serve as merchant vessel force protection which is a critical role a small combatant needs to fill in war but how in the HELL can an LCS do this? They have no range or seakeeping capability. They are a hideously overpriced glorified patrolboat and it has been proven in many wars that patrolboats don’t turn battles.
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