The Navy is entertaining the idea of increasing the offensive strike capability for Littoral Combat Ships after indirectly demonstrating the ability last month to fire a Tomahawk from the ship class -- a move that would add new punch and relevance for LCS, originally designed for shore-hugging missions, in a fight against a near-peer adversary. Rear Adm. Ted LeClair, who is dual-hatted as the deputy commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s naval surface force and director of Task Force Littoral...
