Let's get serious about Littoral Combat.

Mike over at New Wars first proposed this ... and now that he no longer blogs it up to me to carry out his cause.  The LCS isn't about getting serious about Littoral Combat (LC).

Mission modules aren't about getting serious about LC.

Fire Scouts aren't about getting serious about LC.

Putting enough boats in the water with trained personnel is getting serious about LC...the CB-90, along with detachments of Marines...operating with attack helicopters ---all deployed from mission specific LPD-17's or LHD's is getting serious about LC.

Yes, the above video is promotional.

Yes its a fanciful demonstration of the CB-90's capabilities...but a look at the island chains in the Pacific...along with the current threat of piracy points to one direction.

Our efforts at LC are woefully inadequate, improperly resourced and missing what's needed to win the future.  The CB-90, with a Marine Corps with one foot in the water is exactly whats needed.

If we can't win the Piracy "war" against rag tag fleets of boats operated by criminals then how are we going to defeat an enemy that uses this tactic in asymmetric warfare against us?