Wait...are you suggesting that despite there not having been a major naval battle in more than a half century that multi-billion dollar submarines aren’t a good use of money? Lunacy my friend! Lunacy!

This. I think we’re long overdue for a dramatic downsizing. The South China Sea is not our job. Those multi billion dollar ships can all be sent to the bottom with relatively cheap and increasingly prolific ASMs.

These were almost my thoughts exactly. Of course, it can be countered that these questions do not need to be raised in every single article. Normally, I would agree with a counter like this. But in this case I think these questions do need to be continually raised. Because if not, we run the danger of just repeating…

Thank you! Naval warfare isn’t what it used to be, and the US already has an equivalent ship for every combat ship on earth (more or less). It won’t be long before someone perfects the concrete sub drone, and all those ships are completely useless. Where is the international enemy that could send a fleet of ships that…

I don’t know that this article establishes clearly: