The Freedom (LCS 1), left, was commissioned by the Navy in Nov. 2008, while the Independence (LCS 2), right, is aiming to be delivered to the Navy by the end of 2009. Navy
GAO Tells Us What We Already Know-The Littoral Combat Ship Is A Failure -- ELP Defens(c)e Blog
The U.S. Government Accounting Office has released a report (pdf) on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program progress.
In it, we find what we already know. That is that the program is a waste of at least $25B or more over the supposed life of the program. The report tells of problems of such a degree with the first two hulls that the next two hulls being built have to suffer through a lot of design changes.
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