Silly question here, but does this CDC even have to be a manned platform at all??
There has been some pretty significant improvements to unmanned surface ships in recent years, and their ability to employ both offensive and defensive weaponry.
(Even just looking at Ukraine as an example, their use of speedboats-turned-drones has shown the effectiveness of uncrewed naval systems even if it's a rather technologically simple system. It still blows holes in the sides of ships right at the waterline)
In a constabulatory role, having a crew is probably a basic obvious requirement.
But if the intent of the CDC is to be an armed presence more than anything, and intended to prosecute naval targets using the kind of weaponry we currently find on the CPF's... does it actually need to be crewed at all??
(I'm thinking of this issue from a recruiting/training perspective. But then again I suspect the CDC will very likely be used to train sailors up for the 'heavies' the same way the Kingstons are/were?)
There has been some pretty significant improvements to unmanned surface ships in recent years, and their ability to employ both offensive and defensive weaponry.
(Even just looking at Ukraine as an example, their use of speedboats-turned-drones has shown the effectiveness of uncrewed naval systems even if it's a rather technologically simple system. It still blows holes in the sides of ships right at the waterline)
In a constabulatory role, having a crew is probably a basic obvious requirement.
But if the intent of the CDC is to be an armed presence more than anything, and intended to prosecute naval targets using the kind of weaponry we currently find on the CPF's... does it actually need to be crewed at all??
(I'm thinking of this issue from a recruiting/training perspective. But then again I suspect the CDC will very likely be used to train sailors up for the 'heavies' the same way the Kingstons are/were?)
