“...not expected to be survivable in a hostile combat environment.”
Ha, show me any ship that is survivable? How did that unsinkable Titanic work out?
Of the many, many flaws and failures of the LCS, the survivability issue is indeed a bit overblown.
Pretty much any modern combatant will be sunk by a heavyweight torpedo, and rendered combat-ineffective by any sort of missile hit.
I always have to laugh at the oft-mentioned “Somali Pirate Chasing” mission. You’ll never see the LCS doing that because it has such poor endurance.
It's a matter of degree. Some warships are tough. Others are eggshells armed with sledgehammers. The LCS is an eggshell armed with a tackhammer.
“...not expected to be survivable in a hostile combat environment.”
Ha, show me any ship that is survivable? How did that unsinkable Titanic work out?
You got me mixed up with someone else. I didn’t say that.