We been talking a lot of shyt about Russia...but how would our equipment actually look in a battle ? 
Failing US Navy Warship Still Can’t Perform Mission
The U.S. Navy’s troubled fleet of Littoral Combat Ships has “not yet demonstrated the operational capabilities it needs to perform its mission,” congressional auditors have found almost 14 years after the first vessel was delivered and more than $31 billion has been spent.
More than $3 billion of that has gone toward the Navy’s estimate that operating and maintaining the ships will cost at least $60 billion over 25 years. But that projection is outdated and incomplete, the Government Accountability Office said in a report issued Thursday.
What Navy leaders once touted as a 55-vessel fleet of $220 million ships has dwindled to a planned 35 costing on average $478 million apiece. It’s built in different versions by Lockheed Martin Corp. and the U.S. unit of Austal Ltd.
The small ships designed to operate in shallow coastal waters have been plagued by operational and maintenance problems, criticized as vulnerable to attack and downgraded from an original vision of versatile vessels with Lego-style modular units that could be swapped out for different missions.
“Operational testing has found several significant challenges, including the ship’s ability to defend itself if attacked and failure rates of mission-essential equipment,” the auditors said.
Failing US Navy Warship Still Can’t Perform Mission
The U.S. Navy’s troubled fleet of Littoral Combat Ships has “not yet demonstrated the operational capabilities it needs to perform its mission,” congressional auditors have found almost 14 years after the first vessel was delivered and more than $31 billion has been spent.
More than $3 billion of that has gone toward the Navy’s estimate that operating and maintaining the ships will cost at least $60 billion over 25 years. But that projection is outdated and incomplete, the Government Accountability Office said in a report issued Thursday.
What Navy leaders once touted as a 55-vessel fleet of $220 million ships has dwindled to a planned 35 costing on average $478 million apiece. It’s built in different versions by Lockheed Martin Corp. and the U.S. unit of Austal Ltd.
The small ships designed to operate in shallow coastal waters have been plagued by operational and maintenance problems, criticized as vulnerable to attack and downgraded from an original vision of versatile vessels with Lego-style modular units that could be swapped out for different missions.
“Operational testing has found several significant challenges, including the ship’s ability to defend itself if attacked and failure rates of mission-essential equipment,” the auditors said.
