The saga of the littoral combat ships is a vivid illustration of how Congress, the Pentagon and defense contractors can work in concert and often against the good of the taxpayers and America’s security to spawn the “military industrial complex.”
Littoral combat ships were supposed to launch the Navy into the future. Instead they broke down across the globe and many of their weapons never worked. Now the Navy is getting rid of them. One is less than five years old.
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TAMPA, Fla. — USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) will be the Navy’s first Flight III destroyer with notable technological upgrades. The Flight III upgrades are centered on the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar and incorporate upgrades to the electrical power and cooling capacity. Guided missile destroyers provide multi-mission offensive and defensive capabilities. Destroyers can operate […]