DDX Keeps going and going...

War at Sea has moved to the littorals, and with its planned DDX destroyer the US Navy is preparing to continue the Cold War. This giant $3.5 billion dollar battle cruiser will apparently be used to interdict pirates in wooden dhows, or motor boats armed with explosives in port. This is the nature of the enemy which we are facing, unless you count the heir to the old Soviet Fleet, the Chinese Navy. This country is purchasing million dollar submarines, and hundred thousand dollar cruise missiles from our old foes to deal with the multi-billion dollar US buildup. Weaker navies like North Korea and Iran can buy surplus Russia subs for a few $100 thousand, and armed them with missiles and torpedoes to deal with our handful of DDX, which is all we can afford.

There’s good news: As I stated in a previous post, the Navy intends to finally adhere to it’s From The Sea... strategy, in place since 1992, for building a real littoral navy. The DDX, which is to the Navy as the F/A-22 fighter is to the Air Force, is still going ahead, despite all logic to the contrary.