The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)

[@heavyarms01h]

I think it does make sense. It seems like in recent world events, we haven't had the kind of open water slugging matches between large navies or ship squadrons the way we did in the Spanish-American War, WW1 and WW2. Operations instead seem to be heading toward smaller scale confrontations near enemy coasts. I guess I can understand why the Navy felt there was a need to develop this type of warship. She looks very sleek and futuristic too. =)

[@godalmighty83]

Vid is a little out of date, they are no mission packages as it proved too expensive and too much work to swap them around, the crew size has increased massively and the reinforcements required to stop the hull cracking have prevented the ship planing reducing the speed considerably. A trainwreck of a project all round.

[@billn911]

Tried to order one on amazon but they could not ship it.

[@shreyaschatterjee702]

I wonder why

[@-cynicish-]

how do i get one of these?

[@saiecorp5646]

Amazing ship. What could be displacement and other specs?

[@500205]

@LockheedMartinVideos Okay. Thank you! I also noticed that these class of ships are more sleek looking; would you say it is stealthier also against radar? Or is it just a look?

[@nscaledelights]

Wheres the CIWS?

[@Judyiack]

@500205 of or pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean. Sounds to me like it's meant to support special forces units and connect and communitcate to other battlegroups that can't get as close to shoreline.

[@capespring]

@hotpocketpoison that helipad very useful for CSAR mission.

[@500205]

what does littoral mean and what is the use for this other than it can get closer to shore?

[@GH-oi2jf]

Chris Houghton - That’s the point. To operate near the shoreline.

[@ralphreinhardt6020]

What no sea whiz?

[@capespring]

@hotpocketpoison how is RIM-116 not defensive?

[@2IDSGT]

So do you think they made the right choice?

[@500205]

@Judyiack yeah that is what i was thinking i agree thanks for your comment.

[@adrielrobinson2622]

12.5 FEET??? WAYSSSSS MATE, DAT DRAFT SHALLOWER THAN THE US NAVY'S HSV SWIFT, THE DRAFT ON THE HSV SWIFT IS ONLY 15FT

[@gindaburra]

Shame they didn't name them the Combat Littoral Ships. They go places where few men have ever been.

[@alastor1121]

Where is different and destroyer?

[@heavyarms01h]

I guess this is the next generation of the Brown Water Navy concept? =)

[@dreballs1]

Show us the Laser on it .. Thanks .

[@jeffrice3336]

Love it when smartasses pipe up, and don't have a clue as to what they are saying..Anyway..Well, without going into great detail, there were several reasons why LMCO and GD purchased different foreign radars for their designs. SPY radars require an enormous amount of power, even for the smaller variants. There are also LCS power issues and size/weight of the arrays are an issue also with each design. TRS-3D (LMCO) and Sea Giraffe (GD) satisfied their requirements as far as cost is concerned.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

didn't some ships rust???

[@rht785]

fast and lethal very good ship

[@Bullerias]

"Sail" faster?

[@brunofernandez3117]

Greece is probably buying the LCS. I think Frances Belharra is better. Belharra can hit targets 1000 out and is stealth.

[@capespring]

@hotpocketpoison saving lives more important. leave the mass killings to the Arleigh Burkes and Ticonderogas. besides, may also put uav helicopter on that ship like MQ-8 Fire Scout or Schiebel Camcopter S-100. I believe one of the main objective of this ship is to minimize collateral damage.

[@Mullet-ZubazPants]

The Clittoral Combat Ship will cock block any adversary

[@TheUnk04]

red bottom is the waterline

[@theimacman]

Man, my dyslexia is really messing with me on the name of this ship....

[@chadthundercock7897]

ALUMINUM SUPERSTRUCTURE 🤣👌

[@tcp000]

awesome

[@bluebird7564]

So very beautyful multipurpose battle ship and how must price....us dollar per unit.... Of Lcs1,2,3

[@beijingbro2]

where are the guns?????

[@AxDCjr]

hmmmm so we are at war!!! but...I didn't understood who's menacing us!?!?

[@Projkt1karus]

Dear Santa..

[@billypilgrim3795]

and your opinion is based on????????????????

[@jeffrice3336]

they probably did the best they could

[@shawntepitts488]

that's right son in-law

[@capespring]

@hotpocketpoison what you want is an ocean going missile boat

[@vladimir9701]

para la armada de chile seria genial...

[@FerretJohn]

It's fast-action ship, not a battleship, 2 main weapon systems is all it needs especially with the computerised targeting systems that thing has. Let's see it drop 200 57mm armor-piercing autocannon rounds per minute onto your kitchen table, then you can tell me how "gay" it is.

[@MustNotRead]

@theimacman dirty minds think alike :D

[@brendenshark403]

4 dislikes???? why??

[@Stephenamesbruner]

Ship Happens

[@phil20_20]

Corvette 😅

[@82ndairborne100]

Who disliked?

[@佐々木仁-i6f]

かっこいい

[@oobibab9572]

wtf is the meaning of littoral?

[@hanifhadi2957]

mineral watter... the ship sails on water..thts the means..haha

[@Steve17010]

I'm wondering when one of these ships will be called the USS Brave Sir Robin. As in, "When danger reared its ugly head, it quickly turned its tail and fled." (With respect to Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

[@WavyNavy1]

@FerretJohn lol

[@WhySoitanly]

You want light weight? Magnesium is even lighter than aluminum! Or, LCS could be made more stealthy if built of wood. Hmm... made of wood. Not a bad idea, actually. Lower RCS, not prone to cracking, and would float higher in the littoral water. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young had it down... kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWecfWWjhJ6sY5Y

[@beastlybob2011]

First off our Frigates are 30 years old and are terrible war fighting ships, on top of that we don't even have ANY Corvettes

[@AindriasHirt]

beastlybob2011 I think that these are the new usa corvettes. Personally, I don't see why we can't have a water tank. A trimaran with an Abrams weapon system stripped of armour tucked inside with zero height above water. It could incorporate GPS and a link system for positioning and a hybrid drive like a hybrid automobile (electric motors on the stern of each of the three semi submersible pods driven by a diesel engine tucked in the bowels of the water tank). The muzzle would be below the prow of the main pod and enclosed. Enclosed machine guns like the German tanks in WWII on the sides and aft. You could put harpoons in the prows of the outer pods. It could be manned or a drone. If manned, you could send in SEALS in the main pod. There is absolutely no reason to have a high superstructure today. It could be almost flat and semi-submersible. It would be awesome in anti-pirate ops since they'd never see you coming, would have long range and a f*cking cannon that is designed to track, shoot, and put ordnance on a moving target. They could just shadow cruise ships going near pirate-infested waters. You could also tuck them at/below sea level near rocky shores and have them roar out at a blue-water ship, fire harpoons, and drop below the surface to evade ASW countermeasures... Seems like a cheap no-brainer for littoral ops and better than an old-style mentality of have corvettes as high-riding mini destroyers/frigates...

[@morcombewise720]

This narrator is why companies use _a spokesperson_. You think Ronald Reagan was a production manager? Project manager? Contract manager? In fact, do you think he had any technical background whatsoever? Nope. He just communicated well (though what he said was often demonstrably false, and he was made aware of it, but continued to do it anyway). Made it to President, too. It's the _style_, not the _message_, dude.

[@TheXdog5]

British Engines.

[@GH-oi2jf]

TheXdog5 - So what? The British in ented the jet turbine.

[@chicosdetwist]

lol yes it does

[@aaron654lo]

littoral mean small more like patrol boat

[@GH-oi2jf]

aaron cheo - No it means shoreline area.

[@ahgoon69er]

sure only $2bil

[@RR-us2kp]

Most useless warship in the world. Congratulations Lockheed Martin.

[@jeffrice3336]

"Finest warship of the century.."?? I think not. Its a shame they chose such a crappy radar(TRS-3D) for their design.

[@rmeintzer]

Too bad he can't correctly pronounce the word "littoral"! The accent is on the first syllable, not the middle one...if you adopt a geologic/oceanographic term say it correctly. There is a LITtoral zone in the oceans, but not no litTORal

[@GamerHeavy]

SAVE THE OLIVER HAZARD PERRY'S SAY NO TO LCS!!!

[@chicosdetwist]

intelligence...you have none.

[@newlifeeveryday1821]

this ship has almost no weapons

[@frediejovellano8666]

Also our missions create more free food for the future avoid sex with no educate to stop your self in sex addiction!

[@olentangy74]

LCS= little combat ship, or literal crap ship

[@WavyNavy1]

Only two main weapons? Gay

[@draugtroll]

Kinda like the F35 project, expect they're spending other nations money on it as well. It doesn't work either, and is the worst fighter ever made.