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The answer is both yes and no, but in my view -- and that of the far more knowledgeable Fester at Newshoggers -- mostly the latter.
As Fester notes, the Bainbridge was adequate for the task, but it was:
"[B]asically the equivalent of having a SWAT van riding the beat with 10 cops in full body armor and equipped with sub-machine guns playing cards until they chase after a pick-pocket. The appropriate use of resources in that analogy would be the beat cop should be the guy chasing after the pick-pocket while calling for potential assistance from SWAT."
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"The US has made a decision that an expeditionary navy that can assert sea control in most areas is in support of vital national interests. I agree with that concept although I will quibble with execution and procurement. From this assumption of interests, the procurement strategy will produce large and expensive ships that are over-gunned for most non-expeditionary warfare needs."Read the rest here. And here for my own musings on why another service branch -- the Air Force -- has outlived its usefulness and it's time to clip its wings.
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