[sukhoi-30mki]

[golux]

Frigate.

Because after Obama's defense cuts, wussy policies and pansy-assed suicidal rules of engagement we're not allowed to say F___ it.

[ryan71]

lipstick on a pig.

Build more Arleigh Burkes.

[yuleeyahoo]

What a bunch of bilge water.

[SoothingDave]

Is it littorally a frigate?

[Scrambler Bob]

Frigate ...?

Frigate, Frigate, ... I kind of like the sound of that, said the CINC.

I decree: call them all Frigates.

And I will spend the rest of the day decreeing Frigate, Frigate, Frigate, Frigate them all. Frigate the Tea Party. Frigate with Boehner. Frigate on the golf course. Frigate with Reggie.

It’s good to be CINC.

[reed13k]

Not even a 76mm let alone a 5” and no AAW to speak of - even the OHPs had at least SM1s. Wonder how many SSMs and Hellfires they can carry.

[JohnBrowdie]

LCS = little crappy ship

[PIF]

CINC feels better about the fleet now ...

[JohnBrowdie]

tomorrow, the white house will announce, "under the president's watch, we have increased the number of major surface combatants in the navy by [number of little crappy ships]"

[Billthedrill]

We’ve actually danced this dance before with the DE’s. Scared hell out of the enemy IIRC.

[StoneWall Brigade]

Ping

[Freeport]

This absolutly PISSES ME OFF!

We are going t ospend how many tens of MILLIONS of dollars on documentation chages, and not ONE, NOT ONE, system is going to get fixed or incorporated into the Lille Crappy Ships to make them MISSION SURVIVABLE!!!

I want the assholes responsible for this latest clusterfuck in Levenwoth for treason!!!

[pabianice]

Why not rename them “battleships” to REALLY scare the enemy!

[pepsi_junkie]

The Ticonderoga class AEGIS cruisers were originally called destoyers. In fact I have an early briefing package that names the Ticoderoga as DDG-47.

Story I heard was some congressman asked how a DDG could possibly cost so much. Navy response: Did I say destroyer? No no no! It's a cruiser!"

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

To-may-toe, to-mott-o