2 posted on
04/14/2011 9:48:44 PM PDT by
Mariner
(USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
Put a small, 12-tube Concentric Canister Launcher System (follow-on to the MK 41 VLS) with the newest version of the SM-2, Sea Sparrow and Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles on this thing...tied into the Battle Group Aegis fire control and radar...and you have one formidable little frigate.
4,500 tons is the perfect size for the new generation of very, very effective sea control ships.
Add 100 of the newest air-breathing subs in the 2,500 ton class and you have an unbeatable navy.
Of course, we'd have to preserve the major combatants we have in place now for that to be true.
3 posted on
04/14/2011 10:05:45 PM PDT by
Mariner
(USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)