*** Quoting Peter Lutz to Chuck Pierson dated 03-21-98 ***
> CP> Well, the threat of the Borg had been taken care of, and the Dominion
> 
> Not really, destroying 1 (one) ship with a whole fleet is not doing 
> away with the threat. 
> 
> CP> weren't known of yet, so such a vessel was not considered a vital 
> need. 
> That's why the plans were acted upon, because of th Dominion threat.
> 
> CP> Remember, Starfleet tries to consider itself as explorers first, 
> military 
> CP> second.
> Yes, but Starfleet does build warships. i.e. ENTERPRISE E, smaller than
> a Galaxy class but able to kick more booty than a Galaxy class.
> DEFIANT class ships are smaller and cheaper to build and mainly 
> designed as a weapons platform, we'll bne seeing a lot more of that 
> class.
> 
> There's my 5 cents worth... 
The DEFIANT class ships are probably the equivalent of the F-15. This craft 
was originally considered to be the first warplane since WWII designed 
strictly as an air-to-air combat, air superiority craft.
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