USN to concede the littorals?

[Molon Labe]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

This has been the trend since the development of the LCAC and Harper's Ferry LSDs. It makes sense to keep the big stuff as far from shore as possable and just send in LCACs with a few LCS and mine sweepers to clear the way, losing an LCAC would be bad (they can carry 2 M1 Tanks or hundreds of troops) but its not a something that would defeat the US Forces. All thats missing is a BB to lob shells from a distance but I guess thats going to be the job of the new Rail Gun armed ships.

Which we're only building 2-3 of... and quite honestly, the decision to cut back to 2-3 of them was probably a prelude to scrapping the program altogether.