Navy's LCS headlines McCain's 'indefensible' waste list

By Tony Bertuca / December 19, 2016 at 12:59 PM
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) has released a new report detailing what he says is $13 billion in wasted defense spending, the vast majority of it accounted for by the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship program. The Pentagon has spent $12.4 billion on 26 LCS's that provide "no proven combat capability," according to a statement McCain released Monday accompanying the report . "As our Armed Forces confront the most diverse and complex array of national security challenges since...

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