Take that, Iran!!!! We in the West don’t need no weapons on our warships because WE ARE NATO, and therefore WE ARE INVINCIBLE!
The era of gunboat diplomacy is over. When a bunch of rag tag irregulars, shooting off an occasional $20,000 missile, can humiliate our trillion dollar obsolete Navy, it’s time reconsider what our MIC has stuck us with. You know, someone actually saw a possibility of this type of littoral confrontation. Maybe the MIC should design a “littoral” ship. Nothing but idiots and traitors left at the Pentagon.
Even in World War II, destroyers were mainly intended as screening vessels, to chase off submarines, and provide air defense support. Warships are primarily intended to defeat threats to warships. The Royal Navy is a blue water navy. We are lucky to have them on our side.