news.usni.org/2021/08/11/chinese-see-u-s-littoral-combat-ship-as-powerful-tool-in-future-distributed-conflicts
Hahaha... the Chinese see US LCS ships as powerful tool in future distributed conflicts... without even reading the article that is funny...
Georges post number 412 says
LCS Independence-class ship withdrawn from US Navy
So they are still wet behind the ears new and the US is withdrawing some of them but China is scared... hahaha... I bet they are not scared.
Not scared of brand new ships with faulty and unfixable transmissions that limit their top speed to 12 knots...
Even if Chinese subs came to the North Atlantic/Sea now, they would face UK's ASW aircraft & subs, as well as other littoral navies.
Almost their entire surface fleet is overseas, the rest is broken... do they have an ASW in service... they are withdrawing their AWACS and cancelling its replacements...
A failed US ship design, first one now gone.
I am pretty sure that Rolls Royce could rip out the propulsion and transmission and put something in to make it move fast... they wouldn't be terrible patrol boats at the very least...
F-35 is crying...
So it should... it was the promised one and turned out to be a spoiled little brat with expensive tastes...