Littoral Combat Ship Is a Floating Garbage Pile

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Who in the hell came up with the idea of these things?




After 16 years and billions of dollars, the Navy may have finally acknowledged that its Littoral Combat Ship program looks like a miserable failure.


Here's a brief list of their deficiencies:



This problems include: a concerning deficit in combat system elements (namely radar systems), limited anti-ship missile self-defense capabilities, and a lack of redundancies for vital systems necessary to reduce the chance that “a single hit will result in loss of propulsion, combat capability, and the ability to control damage and restore system operation.”



Neither LCS variant is survivable in high-intensity combat,” according to the DoD report. “Although the ships incorporate capabilities to reduce their susceptibility to attack, testing of analogous capabilities in other ship classes demonstrated that such capabilities have limited effectiveness in high-intensity combat.”



Most of them are unfit for service.



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Looks like a trade off between stealth and survivability
 
They'll probably end up being used as overpriced minesweepers that can operate in lightly contested environments.
 
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Who in the hell came up with the idea of these things?




After 16 years and billions of dollars, the Navy may have finally acknowledged that its Littoral Combat Ship program looks like a miserable failure.


Here's a brief list of their deficiencies:



This problems include: a concerning deficit in combat system elements (namely radar systems), limited anti-ship missile self-defense capabilities, and a lack of redundancies for vital systems necessary to reduce the chance that “a single hit will result in loss of propulsion, combat capability, and the ability to control damage and restore system operation.”



Neither LCS variant is survivable in high-intensity combat,” according to the DoD report. “Although the ships incorporate capabilities to reduce their susceptibility to attack, testing of analogous capabilities in other ship classes demonstrated that such capabilities have limited effectiveness in high-intensity combat.”



Most of them are unfit for service.



More @ The Navy Basically Just Admitted That The Littoral Combat Ship Is A Floating Garbage Pile
This ship is a special mission ship and is made for close to shore ops, and is very well equipped for close support missions. I can not find anything bad about it and I do know it is fast and can operate in 10 foot of water.
 
Better if we had more Literal combat ships. Yes what a great example of why there is a needed increase in defense spending. When you flush billions of dollars down the toilet you need to spend billions of dollars on a plunger.
 
34291014204_68f26b8edd_o.jpg





Who in the hell came up with the idea of these things?




After 16 years and billions of dollars, the Navy may have finally acknowledged that its Littoral Combat Ship program looks like a miserable failure.


Here's a brief list of their deficiencies:



This problems include: a concerning deficit in combat system elements (namely radar systems), limited anti-ship missile self-defense capabilities, and a lack of redundancies for vital systems necessary to reduce the chance that “a single hit will result in loss of propulsion, combat capability, and the ability to control damage and restore system operation.”



Neither LCS variant is survivable in high-intensity combat,” according to the DoD report. “Although the ships incorporate capabilities to reduce their susceptibility to attack, testing of analogous capabilities in other ship classes demonstrated that such capabilities have limited effectiveness in high-intensity combat.”



Most of them are unfit for service.



More @ The Navy Basically Just Admitted That The Littoral Combat Ship Is A Floating Garbage Pile
This ship is a special mission ship and is made for close to shore ops, and is very well equipped for close support missions. I can not find anything bad about it and I do know it is fast and can operate in 10 foot of water.
It is not designed for all possible missions

When you design for close to shore operations and stealth you have to trade off additional armor and offensive capabilities
 
This ship is a special mission ship and is made for close to shore ops
Well no. It was a multi-mission ship that had among it's stated roles sub hunting and mine sweeping, neither of which take place in 10 feet of water.

It was supposed to be able to operate in green water environments but that certainly wasn't something it was supposed to be limited to.
 
34291014204_68f26b8edd_o.jpg





Who in the hell came up with the idea of these things?




After 16 years and billions of dollars, the Navy may have finally acknowledged that its Littoral Combat Ship program looks like a miserable failure.


Here's a brief list of their deficiencies:



This problems include: a concerning deficit in combat system elements (namely radar systems), limited anti-ship missile self-defense capabilities, and a lack of redundancies for vital systems necessary to reduce the chance that “a single hit will result in loss of propulsion, combat capability, and the ability to control damage and restore system operation.”



Neither LCS variant is survivable in high-intensity combat,” according to the DoD report. “Although the ships incorporate capabilities to reduce their susceptibility to attack, testing of analogous capabilities in other ship classes demonstrated that such capabilities have limited effectiveness in high-intensity combat.”



Most of them are unfit for service.



More @ The Navy Basically Just Admitted That The Littoral Combat Ship Is A Floating Garbage Pile
This ship is a special mission ship and is made for close to shore ops, and is very well equipped for close support missions. I can not find anything bad about it and I do know it is fast and can operate in 10 foot of water.

If they stop continually breaking down and need towing to the nearest port for repairs.
 

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