RE: [FT]SML question

At 03:35 PM 6/17/01 -0400, Ryan wrote:
>We (the US and the USN) don't fight in our own littoral waters. We
fight 
>in other people's space. We project power. Small combatants are useful
in 
>your own littoral. The US does have 13 Cyclone class coastal
combatants. 
>They are operated for the SEALs or by Coast Guard 
>Detachements.	(http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/usa/littoral.htm#pc)

Although it may be worth noting that one reason behind the switch from 
Seawolf to Virginia is to redesign for increased littoral warfare; the 
Seawolf is cold war-style boomer hunting, the Virginia is supposed to be

more flexible.	(Though I think the 3rd Seawolf is going to the SEALs
for 
specops.)