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Originally Posted by ikalugin
The issue is that currently the AShM threat is more profilate and significant than in 2003.
And you can't really do landing operations from a stand off distance, especially not in tight areas such as the Persian Gulf.
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At present the role would be more counter terrorism and at present it is very unlikely that any group will be able to fund high end ASM's counter piracy humanitarian response and covert operations are what this ship is about don't confuse it with an amphibious assault ship its not really designed for that role.