The Navy is upgrading littoral combat ships to fight drones
The USS Indianapolis is the first Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be modified to fire Hellfire missiles meant to take out enemy drones.
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Littoral Combat Ship Might Be Making a 'Comeback'
Reinventing the Littoral Combat Ship: USS Nantucket's New Mission The U.S. Navy’s Freedom -variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Nantucket (LCS-27) was commissioned this weekend in Boston ...
National Interest on MSN3 个月
Billions of Dollars Wasted: The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Nightmare
And while the Littoral Combat Ship was designed to be a jack-of-all-trades, capable of serving in a variety of different ...
The Diplomat9 年
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
Two U.S. senators think that the US Navy is overstating the capabilities of the Littoral Combat Ship. However, no decision on what new missile system to purchase has been made yet, according to a ...
National Review8 年
Broke Down and Tied to the Pier — the U.S. Naval Fleet Is in Dire Need of Reinforcement
Each were designed to employ the very latest American technology ... #What is critical is that we continue to refine our littoral combat ships right up to the moment that we are ready to cut ...
Task & Purpose5 年
The Navy wants to ditch 4 of its ‘little crappy ships’ more than a decade early
In the latest sign that the Navy seems to have finally given up on the issue-plagued 'little crappy ships,' the service reportedly plans on decommissioning its first four littoral combat ship in ...
The Aviationist24 天
AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles Fielded Onboard U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships for C-UAS Defense
The U.S. Navy rapidly added new C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aerial System) capabilities to the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships in the form of Longbow Hellfire missiles. The U.S. Navy has ...
Stars and Stripes7 天
Panama disputes US claim that Navy ships will transit canal for free, says it’s open to ...
Navy use of the canal is infrequent, with about 40 vessels transiting annually, excluding the service’s aircraft carriers, ...
National Review4 年
A History of the 2025 Sino–American War in the South China Sea
What is clearer is why the Sino–American Littoral War broke out in the first ... On two occasions in late July, U.S. and Chinese ships came close to running into each other due to aggressive ...
The Star28 天
Construction of three Littoral Combat Ships surpasses halfway mark
KUALA LUMPUR: Three Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) have passed the halfway mark in their construction, according to the Defence Ministry. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin ...