The Navy started a real Frigate program and should cut their losses with these ships. Not Strike Group assets and way to expensive as mine sweepers.
It truly is amazing. This is at least 20 years of utter failure by the DON. I remember reading about DDG-21 and the LCS program many, many years ago. I even wrote a letter to the editor of Surface Warfare Magazine, which was published, expressing my opinion on how dumb this was.