China's SCS Strategy Thread

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Type 22 seems pretty good at doing the LCS job. Aluminium hull is a pain to maintain though isn't it? Do ships that need to fit into this role (high speed littoral combat) necessarily need aluminium hull?

The Freedom LCS has a semiplaning steel hull with aluminium superstructure. It can also achieve top speeds that are way above 40 knots.