The Navy also needs the Constellation class frigate. The proposed replacement based on the Legend class cutter. It is basically a corvette like LCS on a bigger hull. The Navy doesn't need more corvette, they need proper warships.
Red Sea shows that ships need more defenses now that anyone can build anti-ship missiles and drones. Maybe they should have called Constellation light destroyer and DDG(X) a cruiser.
What the Red Sea has shown is that drone and anti-ship missiles are massively overhyped. A 40 year old ship design has fended off hundreds of such attacks without losing a single ship. Without even taking a single hit.
> The Navy also needs the Constellation class frigate.
The Navy needs ships it can actually build, the Constellation is trapped in an unending design hell and is already years behind.
A destroyer planned since 2021, hopefully it won't be another Ticonderoga class fuck up.