via Navy Recognition.
The UAE Navy's Baynunah Class corvettes were developed by French company CMN. The leadship was built in France by CMN shipyard while the 5 remaining ships of the class were built locally by Abu Dhabi Ship Building. While light in displacement (right below 1,000 tons) the Baynunah class are heavily armed for their class. Designed for coastal warfare, these corvettes may also conduct blue water operations.The US Navy should be reaching a point of humiliation. The LCS was once touted as the lynch pin to a strategy of doing "partnership" missions better because it wouldn't outclass foreign navy ships the way an Aegis Destroyer would.
Now the US Navy is faced with the issue of almost every nation in the world building under 3000 ton ships that far outstrip the LCS. Notice the anti-ship missiles on this ship? Notice the anti-air missiles? The carriage of a helicopter? Out the box this ship outperforms the LCS. We don't have a ship building problem. We have a concept issue.
