The Navy Wants to Cut These 24 Ships Early to Buy a Smaller Number of Newer Ones

The LCS classes are unmitigated disasters, and the Navy should have cut their losses sooner with them. The Zumwalts never stood a chance when they decided to only build 3.

I have been saying for decades that the Navy needs to back off from stupid hi tech and rely on good seamanship skills. These ships show that.

PO1 Tony Holland I have been retired for a very long time, but one of the things that makes America a super power is it's ability to fight a world war in short notice. President Carter decimated the US Navy 600 ship fighting force to 300 in four years... entire battle groups were unable to get underway until the existing deployed battle group returned to home port. The returning Battle Group had it's parts and crews cannibalized so the waiting Battle Group could get underway! To this day, our Navy is feeling the effects of that decimation. The Russian Navy tried smaller ships and no super Carriers, and they are now a paper tiger. These newer faster and lighter ships will never be able to sustain more than one hit..and they are done! It is my opinion this would not be a good idea aind is not well thought out or good for our National defense.