US Navy gives up the ghost on its failed ‘urban street fighter’

Asia Times ^

[PGR88]

Here’s better article showing how the bloated defense procurement process can go awfully wrong

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-navy-spent-billions-littoral-combat-ship

[ExTxMarine]

Did someone explain that hydrofoils only work when the engine actually gets the boat up to enough speed to cause “lift”...but in combat, Americans don’t RUN AWAY at top speed!

We maneuver and counter-attack, with precision. This means we never have a need to hydrofoil in a Naval Combat Ship, except to RUSH TOWARDS a combat mission, but then again, by the time you get there, the enemy would already know you were approaching!! And would be ready to attack before we could respond! DUH!

[fella]

Follow that money and it will lead to major campaign donors.

[gnarledmaw]

Only if we are lucky.

When foreign governments confiscate it then it can drain their budget dry.

[jagusafr]

Not even addressing the posse comitatus aspect of military involved in law enforcement activities.

[packrat35]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ault

[RoosterRedux]

Money wasted on unneeded ships is money that could have been spent on ship-board drag shows and new colorful pansexual uniforms.

And BTW, what's with ships being painted battleship gray? That wasted money could have been used to paint the fleet a nice hot pink and lavender.

[packrat35]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoral_combat_ship

[MuttTheHoople]

Why the Army and Marines don’t get A-10’s is beyond me.

[RetiredTexasVet]

How do you build a ship without a mission?

By lining the pockets of a bunch of Admirals, defense contractors and Pentagon bigwigs.

[MeganC]

“Who needs the A-10 when the B-1 bomber can handle close-in ground support?”

- USAF morons

[Revolutionary]

Good idea, but the Navy really screwed up the requirements.

[Sirius Lee]

You might say the American taxpayer took a “Bath” on these.

Get it?

Hey, get it? Getttt iiittt?

[T.B. Yoits]

Let’s just recognize U.S. military spending for what it really is: welfare for white people.

It's also about subsidies to keep the shipbuilding industry from leaving the U.S. completely. If not for continuous shipbuilding contracts, the U.S. would quickly find itself dependent on foreign nations to build warships for us. That's not good for a country that's number 10 in the world for total shipping by tonnage but isn't even among the top 15 countries for ship building.

Percentage of Global Ships Built In 2021
1. People’s Republic of China - 44.2%
2. Republic of Korea - 32.4%
3. Japan - 17.6%
4. Republic of the Philippines - 1.06%
5. Italian Republic - 0.82%
6. Federal Republic of Germany - 0.63%
7. Socialist Republic of Vietnam - 0.61%
8. Republic of Finland - 0.36%
9. Taiwan - 0.30%
10. French Republic - 0.29%
11. Kingdom of Norway - 0.24%
12. Russian Federation - 0.22%
13. Republic of Turkiye - 0.22%
14. Netherlands - 0.19%
15. Republic of India - 0.12%

[Lurker]

“I got the **** kicked out of me in Wisconsin once.”

L

[T. Rustin Noone]

while it is true that the littoral ships sucked at being warships, I will bet that they will be awesome party barges.

[NY Attitude]

It seems that only the LCS Ships built by Lockheed are being put out of service.

[Alberta's Child]

The Jones Act already supports shipbuilding for domestic shipping. There's no way in hell the U.S. would ever allow foreign shipbuilders to produce Navy ships.

P.S. -- There are more than 87,000 ocean-going vessels registered in the world today. The Navy has about 500 ships in service and our reserve fleet (combined). Do the math. U.S. Navy contracts represent a tiny fraction of the shipbuilding capacity in the world today.