I hate it. Looks like a tub, I also am very afraid of small complement crews. Great for peacetime, not enough people to fight the ship during war.
Looks like a large work boat.
Why not just dispense with the ship and go with long range hypersonic missiles controlled by computer and watched from an armchair in a cubicle?
What is the least little stick up thing mid-ship starboard?
When you spend $2bil for a ship it ought to at least look good.
I like the compact location of the 4 phased array radar antennas on top and closely spaced compared to the Ticonderoga style ships. Probably improved accuracy.
I like the Ticonderosa class.
Although not Tico, I was a fan of CGN9 Long Beach. Loved that battlewagon. Spent a little time on her in San Diego in 1990.
I guess if combat aircraft are now just missile trucks, then surface ships should just be missile barges.
Lacks flexibility. We need ships with flexibility to perform multiple missions. This ship doesn’t provide that. The speed limitation is not something to scoff at. A ship with a top speed of 22 knots can’t keep up with any other combatants.
Why not just put the missiles on prepositioning ships if this concept would be carried to its illogical extreme?