[ianburrell]

They are building more Burkes. The Burkes are overloaded so can't add anything else to them.

Before the costs exploded, the Constellation class frigates would have been half the cost of Burke. There are jobs that need a warship, like patrol off Yemen, but the LCS don't have the defenses.

Also, this is not a good sign for Navy ability to build the DDG(X) which will be the successor to the Burkes.

[nradov]

The Constellation class won't be able to do the job of patrolling off Yemen either. Its area area defense capability is too weak. The threat level has escalated now that even terrorist groups have access to advanced drones and cruise missiles.

[ianburrell]

The Constellation class won't be doing anything cause it was just cancelled.

Its air defense would have been pretty potent. It had the same Aegis system as Burke. The only limitation is it had the medium range Standard instead of the long range one.

[nradov]

Wrong on both counts. The current plan is to still complete the first two Constellation class ships; only the follow-on purchases were cancelled. And the air defense capability is weak due to an insufficient number of VLS cells.