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Paul McLeary on April 29, 2021 at 2:15 PM
USS Gabrielle Giffords in the South China Sea in 2020 with the Naval Strike Missile mounted.
WASHINGTON: The Navy plans to put its new Naval Strike Missile on 31 of its 35 Littoral Combat ships over the next 18 months, while outfitting 15 ships with an anti-submarine module, and 15 others with anti-mine capabilities.
That breakneck pace of the proposed LCS upgrades is the clearest sign yet of the Navy’s concern over its being outgunned by the Chinese surface navy, and the premium being placed on keeping eye on new generations of capable Chinese and Russian submarines prowling below.
In the November 2003 issue, Popular Mechanics got a look at a new breed of warship. Born from the attack on the USS Cole in 2000, the new Littoral Combat Ship was designed to combat international terrorists.
Three proposals gave a good look at what this new ship would look like, and the Pentagon would eventually select both Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics to build four ships total. But that would be the beginning of a program filled with cost overruns and failed promises and some of those headaches still exist today.
It happened in an instant. One moment, a perfectly routine refueling operation was under way. The next moment, the crew of the
The following is the April 14, 2021 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress. From the report Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President and in accordance with rules prescribed by Congress. Rules for giving certain types […]