Tag: LCS

  • New littorals for RSN

    Vessels will patrol Singapore Strait. Singapore strengthens Maritime Security Task Force with two more Littoral Mission Vessels Ridzwan Rahmat The operational component of Singapore’s Maritime Security Task Force (MSTF) has […]

  • End Piracy in the Gulf of Aden

    Could the US Navy’s littoral combat ships lend a hand? End Piracy in the Gulf of Aden By Rear Admiral Terry McKnight, US Navy (Retired) Steaming off the coast of […]

  • In praise of the LCS

    Ignore the setbacks, admire the capabilities. Don’t Give Up on the Littoral Combat Ship By LT Kaitlin Smith The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program has been subjected to heavy scrutiny, […]

  • Future Marine deployment

    New ships could get the Corps. Marines Could Deploy Aboard Littoral Combat Ships, Destroyers by Hope Hodge Seck QUANTICO, Virginia –The Navy‘s newest surface ship could carry contingents of Marines […]

  • US Navy to buy fewer ships

    Carter demands change in direction. Pentagon tells U.S. Navy: Buy fewer LCS ships, more planes WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the U.S. Navy in a sharply worded memo this […]

  • Looming S China Sea showdown

    Concerns US is being too soft on China. The looming military showdown in the South China Sea: Gertz BY BILL GERTZ After delaying for months, the Obama administration has authorized […]

  • US Navy LCS heads to CARAT 2015

    USS Fort Worth joins exercise. US Navy littoral combat ship sent for maritime exercise in West Philippine Sea The annual bilateral maritime exercise between Philippines and United States, Cooperation Afloat […]