so theyre missile bait

they're similar to destroyers in terms of role, being anti-submarine anti-air but they're smaller vessels

Wacka, they're all being unmasked tonight, aren't they?

why do u need a frigate to scout ahead with modern recon sats?

I say tend because the next gen frigate for the US Navy is going to be heavier than some types of destroyers

Creepy belgs

Be creepy af

Why are the Germanic so fucking inhuman

and the new active sonar for ASW is a power hungry.. so the utiliity is rather low compared to a destroyer with vls

mm

how good are satellites at night?

because we can only build so many destroyers and cruisers before the price gets out of hand

For tracking ships?

I think I just figured out Boris's game plan

Bad.

rather trade two frigates for a single destroyer

and cant they use sonar which is more valuable than sat images

more utility

Sonar is situation based

>You hear EVERYONE around you

Including civilian ships

especially when you have rail guns AND traditional VLS

everything in a war is situational

lol

exactly what you want though,

you want both capabilities

you want to hear everyone

you can't have either on a frigate

especially subs

Not always

the point is to detect subs

sats obviously cant find subs

Most major nations have fucking amazing subs

Virtually silent when running dark

ASW, yes.. but the new subs are so silent, the new electronics need lots of power which frigates don't have

lots of power = more enginerooms = slower

A Russian one was 'lost' in the Med when NATO had 3 ships and aircraft tasked to track it

A Chink one popped up in the middle of a US wargame

>Undetected.

yeah, KISS

Keep It Simple Stupid