[Sawdring]

I know that anti-piracy ops are a secondary function for any naval warship, but to task a carrier strike group with the job is just a huge waste of resources given the Rules of Engagement.

When you spend $600 billion a year on the military you can afford to park a carrier off the coast of Somalia to hunt for guys with big foreheads driving speedboats and derelict motherships.

[Tallguy]

When you spend $600 billion a year on the military you can afford to park a carrier off the coast of Somalia to hunt for guys with big foreheads driving speedboats and derelict motherships.

It isn't about the money. It's about other sea lanes and coastlines being left uncovered by the Enterprise CSG. As another poster said, anti-Piracy should be the job of a frigate Navy.

[Tallguy]

If you want to complain about the ship building budget, I’m all for cutting the littoral combat ship. They could build a flotilla of fast patrol craft and a tender for what they are spending on a single vessel. If we had those ships we could nail down the entire Somali coastline at very little cost.