PACOM chief touts LCS

/ November 18, 2016 at 5:10 PM
Adm. Harry Harris, the chief of U.S. Pacific Command, says he has faith in the Littoral Combat Ship despite the problems the program has endured. "I believe that we can do a lot more with the LCS platform than we have at present," Harris said during a Nov. 15 event in Washington. He highlighted the effort to "up-gun" the LCS with over-the-horizon missiles. The Navy recently sent its first up-gunned LCS to the Asia-Pacific with the deployment of the Fort...

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