Special Study: Warships of the Great War Part Two
One point that comes through in your column - the willingness of navies to explore/experiment with new designs.
The U.S. Navy tried that recently with Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), creating a modular design and even trying two different hull designs.
Bravo.
But both the design and the execution were flawed.
Unfortunately, Washington seems determined to violate Clausewitz's dictum ("Never reinforce defeat"), and continues to build them.
As it happens, I’ve written an article about the LCS mess:
https://unwokeindianaag.substack.com/p/the-lcs-debacle
Incidentally, no more of these white elephants are under construction and those not already discarded will be taken out of service as the new “Constellation”-class guided missile frigates are commissioned.
One point that comes through in your column - the willingness of navies to explore/experiment with new designs.
The U.S. Navy tried that recently with Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), creating a modular design and even trying two different hull designs.
Bravo.
But both the design and the execution were flawed.
Unfortunately, Washington seems determined to violate Clausewitz's dictum ("Never reinforce defeat"), and continues to build them.
As it happens, I’ve written an article about the LCS mess:
https://unwokeindianaag.substack.com/p/the-lcs-debacle
Incidentally, no more of these white elephants are under construction and those not already discarded will be taken out of service as the new “Constellation”-class guided missile frigates are commissioned.