June 11, 2019
Floating Train Wreck: The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Is a Disaster
Here is all of the reasons why.
by David Axe Follow @daxe on Twitter L
The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship was supposed to be cheap, fast, flexible and easy to build.
But after spending $30 billion over a period of around two decades, the U.S. Navy has managed to acquire just 35 of the 3,000-ton-displacement vessels.
Sixteen were in service as of late 2018. Of those 16, four are test ships. Six are training ships. In 2019 just six LCSs, in theory, are deployable.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/floating-train-wreck-navys-littoral-combat-ship-disaster-62127
