In this assessment, the National Security Cutter-based frigate proposal would provide a light maritime-security and counter-piracy platform. The comparison with the River-class offshore patrol vessel concerns that routine-presence role. The argument focuses on the operating costs and time required when Arleigh Burke destroyers perform those missions. Those deployments also reduce time available for maintenance, training, and carrier-group protection. The proposed frigate could relieve those demands.
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A cutter-based frigate for US maritime security
A National Security Cutter derivative could take on routine maritime-security missions that currently occupy destroyers.