The Navy's Stealth Strike Force | Littoral Combat Ship History
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 refueli...
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