Why Can't the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ships Get Their Act Together?
For 42 Years, Nothing on the Seas Could Beat a Nimitz Aircraft Carrier ( • For 42 Years, Nothing on the Seas Could Be... ) ww3 update ( • High Tension ) Russia - N Korea - China Irritated/Shocked ( • Next-Generation Stealth Fighters With Lasers? ) U.S. new alert ( • XF-108 Rapier: The Mach 3 Monster The Air ... ) The U.S. Navy Tried to Sink Its Own Aircraft Carrier ( • The U.S. Navy Tried to Sink Its Own Aircra... ) China Says It Has a New Stealth Material ( • China Says It Has a New Stealth Material, ... ) US ww3 update ( • The F-15E Floats Like a Butterfly and Stri... ) ---- Why Can't the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ships Get Their Act Together? It took the Navy nearly two decades to realize the LCS program had failed. The sailing branch in 2014 cut LCS acquisition from 55 ships to 32. Congress eventually added three vessels, boosting the class to 35 ships. 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. While that number should increase as the remaining ships in the class finally commission into service, the LCS’s low readiness rate calls into question the wisdom of the Navy’s investment in the type. Indeed, the Navy in 2018 didn’t deploy a single LCS, USNI News reported. “The service was supposed to push forward three ships in Fiscal Year 2018, after a 2016 overhaul of LCS homeporting, command and control and manning constructs.” “However, USNI News first reported in April 2018 that zero LCSs would deploy in [fiscal year] 2018. Since then, the Navy had not talked publicly about progress made towards getting ready to deploy its first LCSs since ships from a block-buy contract started delivering to the fleet at about four a year.” Navy officials in early 2019 claimed at least three LCSs would deploy before the end of the current fiscal year in September 2019. “We’re deploying LCS this year, it’s happening,” Commander of Naval Surface Forces Vice Adm. Richard Brown told reporters. “Two ships are going on the West Coast; one ship is going on the East Coast, followed shortly [by a second] in the beginning of ‘20. And that marks the deployment of LCS; there will always be LCS forward-deployed now, just like we designed the program.” Brown said the LCSs USS Montgomery and USS Gabrielle Giffords would deploy from San Diego to the Western Pacific while USS Detroit deployed from Florida. USS Little Rock in early 2020 also would deploy from Florida. U.S. Southern Command in February 2019 announced that Detroit would conduct counterdrug operations. "We expect to have a littoral combat ship this year, and that will be a big benefit for our exercise program for our engagement with partners and because of the flexibility it brings for counter-narcotics interdiction," SOUTHCOM commander Adm. Craig Faller said. ... ----- The F-35 Has Every Quality You Need in a Fighter Plane ( • The F-35 Has Every Quality You Need in a F... ) South China Sea tension high - US / UK / China ( • UK to permanently deploy two warships in A... ) Why the U.S. Air Force Needs the B-21 Stealth Bomber ( • Why the U.S. Air Force Needs the B-21 Stea... ) ww3 high tension - UK / China / South China Sea ( • British And Chinese Aircraft Carriers Both... ) Could China Surprise the U.S. Military With Pearl Harbor Part II? ( • Could China Surprise the U.S. Military Wit... ) The F-35 Could Soon Carry Hypersonic Missiles ( • The F-35 Could Soon Carry Hypersonic Missiles ) For 42 Years, Nothing on the Seas Could Beat a Nimitz Aircraft Carrier ( • For 42 Years, Nothing on the Seas Could Be... ) (Dịch bệnh khó khăn, mong đàn anh đi trước "nhẹ tay" em có cơ hội kiếm chút cháo! Em cám ơn nhiều lắm!! Email: [email protected])
