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@nullagent@partyon.xyz  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

So there might be a mine warfare situation in DAYS not weeks or months and the US tried and true mine sweepers are on the wrong side of the globe right now.

The US Navy is not without a solution.

Enter the littoral combat ship, the biggest boondoggle of weapons program run by the Navy in recent memory.

An untested ship that is best known for having a haul that spontaneously cracks apart.

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

#MineSweeper #Iran #StraitOfHormuz #USNavy #LittoralCombatShip

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The Inside Story of How the Navy Spent Billions on the “Little Crappy Ship”

Littoral combat ships were supposed to launch the Navy into the future. Instead they broke down across the globe and many of their weapons never worked. Now the Navy is getting rid of them. One is less than five years old.
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