Please explain to me why we need this type of vessel?
“Please explain to me why we need this type of vessel?”
We need a ship that’s capable of getting close enough to take small arms fire, because otherwise it’s not fair.
for exactly the same reason as the “San Pablo” showed the flag in China in the movie Sand Pebbles.
It is amazing that all the armchair commanders know nothing of reason for littoral combat.
Just as the San Pablo sailed in Chinese waters so to will our LCSs be sailing in China seas and challenging China’s hegemony in the area.
The reasons for a littoral combat ship is because of the need for littoral combat.
Books have been written about naval strategy and my guess is that none of them were written by members of this forum.