LCS In Pacific: Run Silent, Run Shallow
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on January 23, 2018 at 1:21 PM
What good is a little ship in a big war on a big ocean? It can hide behind islands and in shallow waters, sniping at the enemy fleet — much like the PT boats of World War II or skirmishers in a Napoleonic army. That’s the US Navy’s newest argument for its much-criticized Littoral Combat Ship, and they have evidence to back it up from the latest LCS deployment to the Pacific.
“From the Philippines to Sri Lanka, there are 50,000 islands in that arc,†said Rear Adm. Donald Gabrielson, who commands the Navy’s operational hub in Singapore. An Arleigh Burke destroyer, with a 31-foot draft, can dock at “less than two dozen of them,†he said. An LCS can get into “over a thousand.â€
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/lcs-in-pacific-run-silent-run-shallow/
