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US Navy’s next-gen naval warfighter is a multi-billion dollar failure
 

Plagued with every flaw a warship could face, it is difficult to see how the Littoral combat ship was supposed to redefine the US naval standoff with China.

Once hailed as ships of the future, the supposedly inexpensive littoral combat ship (LCS) marks one of the greatest failures of US military spending in the last two decades, far eclipsing the costly F-35 stealth fighter which still works as intended.

Initially, the Navy budget estimated that each ship would only cost $220 million per unit. Today, the ship costs $600 million to produce. But even that pales next to its annual $70 million operating cost. To put that into perspective, the lightly armed 3,400 metric ton surface combatant costs nearly as much to operate as a heavily armed 9,400 metric ton destroyer.

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/us-navy-s-next-gen-naval-warfighter-is-a-multi-billion-dollar-failure-45907