Mission ready... when?
>>And the LCS may have some flaws, even big ones, but that is not the same as “doesn’t work”. Do the engines run?
Not reliably.
>>Can it float?
The hulls are cracking.
>>Do the weapons function? Then it ‘works’.
The mission modules do not work to spec.
>>How effective it is remains to be seen but you can’t argue that it “doesn’t work”
True. The P-3 has been followed by the P-8. Word is that it can't do ASW, which is its primary mission. Again, 5th gen AIP subs will make a shambles of our fleet once the shooting starts. I can only imagine the horrified reaction from the country as they watch several of our carriers burn on live TV.
You did not say ‘mission ready’. You said built. Huge different.
Lots of engines have teething problems. Pick your favorite plane/boat/tank/etc and its engine probably needed some tweaks early on.
So do lots of things. That is why welding exists.
To spec? What part of the spec? Specs are easy to change. I do that for a living.
Yes clearly we are all doomed and no one can see it but you.
Folks like you were whining that the M4 Sherman was not good enough long after it won the war. There is no pleasing some people.