Tag: Littoral Combat Ship

Strait of Hormuz Crisis Exposes US Navy Mine Warfare Gaps

Steve Schneider - April 13, 2026

Rising concerns over possible Iranian mining of the Strait of Hormuz have highlighted weaknesses in the US Navy's mine warfare capabilities. With the retirement...

Iran Take Note: A-10 From Battlefield Legend to Maritime Guardian

Steve Schneider - February 19, 2026

In December 2025, the 74th and 75th Fighter Squadrons at Moody Air Force Base reported that they had upgraded their A-10C Thunderbolt II fleet...

Lemon Combat Ship: Did the Navy Just Kill the LCS?

Steve Schneider - July 14, 2017

The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has been plagued with cost overruns and multiple breakdowns including catastrophic engine failures and cracked hulls. A...

The $360 Million Dollar LCS “Lemon Combat Ship”

The Editors - September 9, 2016

Following the recent casualty on the littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Freedom, Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, ordered an engineering stand down as of September 5,...

Cut the Army and Marines?

Richard C. Young - September 8, 2015

In “Budgetary Savings from Military Restraint,” Cato Institute scholars Benjamin H. Friedman and Christopher Preble offer an initial harvest of restraint cuts. The authors...

“The War Party” Wants More

Richard C. Young - August 24, 2015

Niskanen Center’s Matt Fay tells readers “As we write in our piece today, this entails More Troops. More ships. And ultimately more spending.” Matt continues,...

Knifefish: Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (SMCM UUV)

The Editors - April 19, 2012

Representatives from the U. S. Navy's Program Executive Office, Littoral Combat Ships Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office and General Dynamics unveiled a quarter-scale model...

The 10 Most Popular Weapons

The Editors - July 20, 2011

On Richardcyoung.com we have been posting profiles of weapons systems for years. Judging by our statistics, readers thoroughly enjoy the profiles of the most...