Posted on 11/11/2013 1:08:21 AM PST by VanShuyten
USS Freedom, the first-in-class littoral combat ship (LCS) of the US Navy, developed technical problems hours before it was to take part in naval exercise in Brunei. The glitch is the latest in a long series plaguing the LCS program.
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Did CGI write the software?
At least the Gerald R. Ford is now operational.. the most awesome warship ever created..
A glitch doesn’t keep a warship in port. Only significant threats to safety or the inability to perform its mission would keep it in port.
Ford is not operational yet. She has been launched and christened. She still has about two years of fitting out and training to accomplish before she becomes operational.
LCS is navy parlance for “Little Crappy Ships”
I think the LCS is a great concept. The problem here just like with the Air Force is that the Powers that be want all of their ‘Assets’ to ‘be all, do all’ rather than do one specific task in an exemplary manner.
A good example is the A-10, it does it’s intended mission in aqn exemplary manner, but isn’t flashy or supersonic. That irks the ‘fighter mafia’ that now runs the Air Force. So they been trying to get rid of it for years.
For all practical purposes she’s underway..
The A-10(warthog) cannot be replaced.. it is the perfect platform for doing what it does..
And upgraded with stealth capabilities and better avionics would be even MORE deadly..
Literally nothing on the planet is better..
I never want to hear that word “glitch” again.
“Although significantly smaller than destroyers, the LCS have been swamped with complications ranging from technical issues to cost overruns. Last year, the Navy said it had brought the cost for each LCS down to under $400 million, but the first two each carried a $700 million price tag.
To make matters worse, one suffered a major leak-causing crack in its hull, while the other’s on-board technology failed to distinguish underwater mines from light hitting the waves. The LCS’ computer networks also proved to be susceptible to hackers, and a Defense Department study found that the ships are “not expected to be survivable” in combat.
“[The LCS] is a total disaster,” Norman Polmar, a naval historian, analyst and author, told Fox News.”
Another tribute to our “process management” method of overseeing and managing projects. We can no longer point fingers at those who are responsible for mistakes and defects, instead we must try to find a point in the process that needs improving
Sure it is, just like Healthcare.GOV.
OH it’s underway all right.... one payer... who is to stop it?..
except reality?.. Unicorns do not exist but in the liberal mind..
Stealing from Peter to pay Paul.. sucks IF there is NO Peter’s..
THEN you’re stealing from Paul to pay Paul...
Which in effect is what socialism “IS”..
overlooking what the handlers skim from the system..
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