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Navy finally finds something the LCS is good at: Stopping drug smuggling
Littoral Combat Ships are fast, have an embarked helicopter and other equipment that make them good at catching drug ...
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Littoral Combat Ship: $100,000,000,000 Billion U.S. Navy Mistake
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, initially envisioned as a game-changer for modern naval warfare, has become a cautionary tale of mismanagement and inefficiency. -Designed for missions like ...
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U.S. Navy Sends Combat Ships to the Caribbean for Drug-Busting
Once criticized, the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) proves its value by foiling drug runs in Caribbean missions, ...
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US Navy warship on first deployment makes two drug busts in 72 hours
The ship’s crew intercepted 580 kilograms of cocaine and 2,480 pounds of marijuana through combined air-surface operations.
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An Embarrassing Chapter in American Seapower Acquisition Nears Its End
The future USS Cleveland (LCS-31) slid sideways down the ramps on Saturday, making room for useful ships to be built; an embarrassing chapter in American seapower acquisition is closer to its end.
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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 ...
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The Littoral Combat Ship: Force Multiplier for the 21st Century
Fugro and Damen have teamed up to provide the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) with a surveillance vessel and operating crew. 17 Apr 2025 Arc Expands Into the Commercial Sector With Electric Tugboat ...
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Japan could licence produce Mk70 containerized missile launcher
Lockheed Martin has revealed to the author that it is conducting preliminary discussions with Japanese counterparts regarding ...
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Navy finally finds something the LCS is good at: Stopping drug smuggling
USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship, made two drug busts within 72 hours, seizing more than $9.5 million of cocaine and roughly $2.8 million of marijuana.