Episode 339: Best of Milan Vego and the Littorals

If the requirement is to be able to operate, fight, and win in the Littorals - is the Littoral Combat Ship the answer?Other nations have the same requirement - yet have come up with different answers.Are we defining our requirements properly in face of larger Fleet needs and the threats we expect?What platforms and systems need to be looked at closer if we are to have the best mix of capabilities to meet our requirements?Using his article in Armed Forces Journal, Go smaller: Time for the Navy to get serious about the littorals, as a stepping off place, our guest for the full hour will be Milan Vego, PhD, Professor of Joint Military Operations at the US Naval War College.This episode first appeard in April 2013.