I've been slamming the US Navy for proceeding with the LCS class despite evidence that it is outclassed across the board by ships found in navies around the world.
I provide the latest evidence in this case. The Type 22 Missile Boat and its C-802 missiles. Check out the pic below, its from USNI News and it shows the LCS' firepower with surface module in play.
Want to know what the range is of the 8 missiles found on the Type 22 ? Ok, I'll tell you anyway. 120km in the original version and in the product improved package it goes up to 180km. Let me remind you that this is the surface launched, anti-ship version we're talking about here, land attack versions go much further.
I love concepts. I like revolutionary ideas but to build an entire part of our fleet around the idea of battling Iranian Speed Boats seems like pure silliness. The US Navy made that mistake and bought into the LCS with that threat in mind. The Pacific will show how crazy that idea really is...the distances are longer and the threat much more formidable than a bunch of true believers with suicide belts and RPGs.
The COIN MAFIA swindled the Navy and set back our defense effort. It neutered the Navy with the idea that we would be involved in perpetual war with Jihadist. The LCS is the product of that neutering.
Note: Street Fighters main failing was that it was a response to a relatively weak enemy tactic. Swarming speedboats. Rules of engagement were the problem, not the ships in service. In other words it was a concept searching for a problem that did not really exist.
