I did read the article, although not the wikipedia piece. Entirely different. LCS lite, revenue cutter plus. Not exactly a Ship of the Line, is she.
Sorry just for clarity are you saying that the River class or its replacement (probably Krabi-esque)...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTMS_Krabi
.... Are like an LCS-light, or are you saying that the GCS...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Combat_Ship
...is an LCS-light?