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.
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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