Was the Littoral Combat Ship underestimated?

Are critics underestimating the Littoral Combat Ship?

Its basic idea had value, but unrealistic marketing, an unproven modular approach, and requirement growth undermined what could have been a useful modern sloop.

The LCS's possible utility should be assessed against the claims made for it. Presented as a twenty-first-century sloop, it could have had a more realistic role and expectations. An off-the-shelf STANFLEX modular system is offered as another route to a useful ship. Instead, the American procurement system got in the way of the original concept. The Bradley provides a comparison with a program whose requirements changed substantially during development.