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“When the bullets start flying... I can't wait to send somebody out there. I need somebody there now,” said Capt. Khary Hembree-Bey, program manager for LCS fleet introduction and sustainment.
The mock battle raged near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. In real life, The Philippines and China both claim the shoal.
The breakdown-prone class has benefited from better maintenance and more spare parts and is using their time at sea to teach Marines the ins and outs of the potent Naval Strike Missile.
As its go-to military contracts fade, and in the wake of scandal, Austal's new president is optimistic about the company's next evolution.
Officials have definitively said UFO sightings are not a part of a secret U.S. government project ahead of a highly anticipated report on the unidentified aerial phenomena.