Constellation cancellation and the missing US frigate role

What are your thoughts on cancelling further Constellation-class builds?

The critique centres on a carrier-task-force requirement, repeated design changes and the capabilities that a proposed replacement would actually need.

Dr. Clarke interprets Constellation's requirement as a carrier-task-force frigate, with a likely Pacific role shaping its design. In his hypothetical US-China conflict, allied navies outside the main theatre would handle much of the Atlantic convoy burden. He questions whether buying a Canadian Type 26 derivative would add capabilities the original frigate requirement had not sought. Repeated changes to the FREMM-derived design undermined the benefits of starting with an existing ship. One proposed response is to build twelve frigates while defining the next requirement. A completely new uncrewed design would still need to integrate systems tested mainly on smaller, narrowly tasked craft, and would lack people for diplomatic visits.