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Originally Posted by Wraith601
The weight isn't the problem, its the distribution of the weight I've seen complaints about. Too much stuff at the rear and not enough forward. Besides who really needs a 40 knot minesweeper anyway? In my view the LCS would have been fine with a speed of 30-35 knots, the money saved on larger engines and other systems could have been used to buy more weapons modules and for a intergal VLS.
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While I'm certainly no expert I thought that the use of aluminum in the construction of warships was a bad idea. Remember what happened to HMS Sheffield when hit with an exocet.