A Littoral CONOPS ... Now?

Here’s some news that is an absolute condemnation of the entire Navy and Marine leadership.  The Navy and Marines have apparently realized that they need a littoral combat concept of operations (CONOPS) and are developing one.

“The Naval Board, …is working with the Naval Development Warfare Center and the Marines’ Combat Development “to write a concept for littoral operations in a contested environment …”

I have only one observation:

Shouldn’t the Navy and Marines have had a littoral CONOPS before they committed to building 55 littoralcombat ships?

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(1)USNI website, “Navy, Marines Developing New CONOPS For Contested Littoral Operations”, Megan Eckstein, April 8, 2016,

https://news.usni.org/2016/04/08/navy-marines-developing-new-conops-for-contested-littoral-operations

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