They should have been policing their waters long, long ago. For immigrants....it’s too late now. They are inundated with immigrants from former subject countries of the realm. I envision 100% of their tax budget going for nothing but entitlements soon.
Sad state of affairs when these little revenue cutters are called Global Combat Ships.
The world of sea warfare has changed dramatically in the past 30 years. There are now basically three types of naval craft: submarines; ships big enough to survive torpedoes/missiles; and those that will be destroyed in the first several minutes of a war. This will be proven in the next real skirmish. With the end of manned tactical aircraft on the horizon, sea war will become an affair between submarines and UCAVs. There are no longer any carrier-based fixed-wing ASW aircraft; the P-3 is on the way out; and the P-8 idea of ASW from 20,000 feet is nonsense. Once the real shooting begins, our surface Navy will be eliminated in several days.