Billions of Dollars Wasted: The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Nightmare
Story by Harrison Kass • 2h
What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program is widely regarded as a mistake in hindsight due to persistent maintenance issues, cost overruns, and an unclear mission profile. Designed as versatile, multi-mission vessels for near-shore operations, the LCS was intended to perform tasks ranging from anti-submarine warfare to minesweeping.
-However, the ships have faced propulsion system failures, contractor-dependent maintenance, and difficulties in swapping mission configurations.
-Originally planned for 52 ships, only 31 were built or under construction, and several have been decommissioned prematurely—some after just five years of service. Criticized for being under-armed and unable to survive in hostile combat environments, the LCS is likely to be phased out aggressively and remembered as a costly failure.
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