Dutch Force 21 Blogspot takes to task the idea that the platform is the key to war winning and instead looks at the payload.
Quite honestly I sat back in shock.
The US Navy is choosing payloads over platforms in its push for the LCS. Mission modules are the key they say, not the performance of the ship. With the LX(R) they're doing the same thing.
Payload is the driver, not the platform. He said simply what the Navy has been struggling to get over with the LCS. But he does one other thing. He again shows how that same concept should be applied to airplanes...
Read it here.
NOTE: I didn't want to pollute the concept by stating the obvious but it must be pointed out. The US Navy is choosing this same concept with their evolution of the Super Hornet. This payload over platform theory is why the F/A-18 Advanced Super Hornet can be a low cost but effective platform into the future.
