VCNO: LCSs are 'force-multipliers'

Work: LCS Critics 'Don't Understand' What Navy Is Trying To Accomplish

/ April 20, 2012 at 8:45 PM
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Navy Undersecretary Bob Work delivered a passionate defense of the Littoral Combat Ship at the Navy League's annual SeaAirSpace symposium here last week, pushing back against critics who doubt the effectiveness of the ship and the wisdom of buying 55 of them. "People who don't get the LCS don't understand what design we're going for," Work said April 18 during a panel on budget challenges. "We have to prove the LCS is a good platform. I...

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