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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
The Freedom class is designed for a variety of missions in shallow waters, capable against submarines and ships, as well as minesweeping and humanitarian relief

ROFL....it has no capability against submarines and ships. The ASW mission package was a complete disaster, and has been abandoned - it's being completely re-designed, and who knows when an actual working mission package will be available. LCS has NO modern anti-ship capability whatsoever; it has some limited capability against small boats (but is crippled by the Army cancelation of the NLOS missile).

Because so much weight and space was pointlessly wasted on giving it a speed 40 kts+, both ships have difficulty carrying enough equipment to be useful for anything.

18 posted on 11/04/2010 8:07:20 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist

I see. I did know that. Thanks for providing some extra info.


19 posted on 11/04/2010 8:09:03 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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