LCS Idle Thoughts

Here’s a few idle thoughts about the LCS:

• The first LCS was commissioned in 2008.


• There are 14 commissioned LCS, 7 of each variant.


• The LCS fleet has a total of 53 commission-years.


• The LCS fleet has performed 3 deployments.


• No LCS deployed in 2018.


• No LCS has ever participated in a mine countermeasures (MCM) exercise – MCM being one of the three primary missions.


• No LCS has ever participated in an anti-submarine (ASW) exercise – ASW being one of the three primary missions.


• No module exists yet in a useful, effective form.  ASuW consists of two 30 mm machine guns,  a RHIB, and a helo/UAV – utterly ineffective.  ASW and MCM are still under development.

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