LCS: Providing U.S. Navy Speed to Capability 

@TheTimeTraveler2025 yea but it sounds way cooler in this context

@TheTimeTraveler2025 Yes but they've spent most of their time in blueprint and testing phases. Railguns and lasers haven't been mass deployed yet

LOL

Seconded. I don't need any of the weapon systems. I just want to intimidate all the other fisherman I encounter.

Right to bear arms.

Pooties MahGooties i dont think you can buy it with the weapons, computer systems or armor, since you could steal the secrets of it.... But i do know that you can buy old warships without their weapons!

My ancestors actually owned a trade ship during the war of 1812. He added cannons and was allowed to keep anything he took off the British. So at one point in American history private citizens DID own war ships.

Yea..

It's failed tech, nowhere close to be a Corvete more so a frigate... It's just a failed project. They are too small and too little weapons, to call this a Frigate, not even close.

I agree, the Russians build very good subs.

And European states such as Spain Italy Turkey Netherlands Germany are better than Russia in building frigates and corvettes

@@TheBlackHeart1903 Russian corvettes and frigates have now filled the gap in electronics, and overally boast better survivability and firepower

@@TheBlackHeart1903 Which corvettes are better than the karakurt class? Tell me

Xp isn’t a noob😏

It's probably Linux with a XP aesthetic. Plus XP is still a damn sight more reliable than more modern OS's

@@phantomwraith1984 yaapp

Ask NASA

But hasn't that always been US military doctrine? Bradley - Is it a troop transport, scout or tank? The answer is yes, but it has no armour. F35 is it a strike fighter, close air support or superiority fighter? the answer is yes but it's shit at all the jobs it does and it's maintenance is a pain. LCS - is it a Destroyer or a cruiser? it's a jack of all trades with the size of a frigate and no idea what it's meant to be This is why you need specialist vehicles in any military. The moment you try to make jack of all trades vehicles, you cut corners and fuck up

Except your wrong about all of these pieces of equipment,the Bradley is a scout/infantry fighting vehicle that has access to armor packages that make it reasonably protected against most threats, F35 is a strike fighter that can do close air support with standoff weapons and use it's stealth and sensors to fight other air craft and it's actually pretty good at both jobs, and finally LCS is a multi purpose small combatant that is not a destroyer or cruiser, it's more like a corvette really but a hell of a lot more useful than most other corvettes.

4+2 Greek Navy to acquire >>> US Navy Decommissioned in 2023, on hold for potential foreign military sale >> Freedom-class: LCS-5 Milwaukee, LCS-7 Detroit, LCS-9 Little Rock, LCS-11 Sioux City ?

It’s not designed to be in pier to pier combat. It’s more to free up space in the Middle East and Europe so the big boys can go to the pacific.

Joshua Ngau Ajang They Are fundamentally an inferior weapon to many other options; They have low rate if fire and elevation meaning they cannot effectively engage aerial targets. There effective range is lower than would be preferable (IMO) against the kind of threats it is designed to face. They are too weak to be used against many kinds of land targets A 30mm CIWS like an AK630 would be fine, but in its current state it I do not believe it is near a good enough weapon compared to what could be done

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One is steel Hull made up north, one is aluminum made in Mobile Alabama

Ewan Bennett basically yes ..its a small surface combatant, which basically every Navy needs, even a blue water giant like the USN .. even if this one might be a tad underarmed perhaps ..though getting better ..

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Gaming laptop

Expensive gaming laptop

So what class of ship is it even suppose to be? Because it looks like it's just a high tech modular frigate

@@phantomwraith1984 it's more for getting places fast, wrecking everything an hauling ass. It can't take a hit, it's to thin. A 22. will make it threw the hull. But damn did it have some fire power. Guns that wouldn't let anything get close to it

@@phantomwraith1984 light frigate, build is more corvette style as well as speed but size and displacement make it a frigate as do aviation and sensors and defensive capabilities. With the OTH missiles being added they gain more frigate like strike capabilities but still lack any major anti-air solutions for the time.

So is it true that their water-jets propulsion system has a tendency of failing and shutting down randomly during cruise, leaving the ship stranded in the middle of the ocean?!

@@alxxz it has gas turbines but they don't always run. It primarily runs on the giant turbo diesels. And all boats break at times, that's why the sea trials happen after the build. Give her hell! It can't take a hit but with it's capabilities it doesn't need to. It's purpose built. It's badass really. Like a big jet ski that will chase your ass down lol

yes... bought by the saudies.

don’t worry yeah that’s the go to phrase for any military manufacturers now.

Indeed. It's very fast, very maneuverable, and has potential, but it barely has any effective weaponry, especially this class of LCS. Just a 5-inch gun? It needs more than that.

Last Strike Mapping well actually tho thts the same size gun as onboard the Arleigh Burkes ,and the Ticos,tho the Ticos have 2 ..so not Too bad

@@mikeneufield5499 I know. The gun is powerful and can fire very efficiently, but it's not as effective as a missile, and anti-ship missiles are what the LCS classes need.

Last Strike Mapping yeah,true ..I think they're getting or have some LOS type missiles, or some of them do, so at least , something..tho a quad or 2 of Harpoons would be ,much, better . I dont know why they don't, really.. even the Cyclone class fast patrol boats have Harpoons,I think

@@mikeneufield5499 Yeah. I think Lockheed Martin should stick to aircraft manufacturing because they didn't even put a VLS on the Freedom-class LCS

Well I think that's the point of the emphasis on reconfigurable space in its design, as they described. That way they can sell them to both the navy, who have the budget to spare for all the bells and whistles, and to the coast guard, who probably don't need over the horizon missiles and directed energy weapons. As well, again in theory, this feature should allow them to more easily re-outfit existing ships if the needs of the navy change in the future rather than have to manufacture new ones in different configurations.

@@maxk4324 You actually bring up super good points; and I'll have to agree.

I hope not

@@panteleimonorfanos I totally, agree

Yes they did. I watched most these multimillion dollar paintjobs go on .( sonar absorbing)

not really.

@@AugmentedGravity if you add a spoiler to your car or a different engine isn't it technically is modular platform

@@lorenzoo90 That's not how it works.

@@AugmentedGravity do you know about the HTC HD 2?

@@lorenzoo90 yes? Do you know anything about the concept of beeing designed modularly?

You should compare to European counterparts not to Russian ships which are inferior.

No?

@User Name Oh no, they did. Read the DOT&E if you don't believe me. Modularity failed spectacularly.

@User Name www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2016/pdf/navy/2016lcs.pdf

@User Name www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2017/pdf/navy/2017lcs.pdf

Finally, www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/news/a27258/navy-looking-for-a-new-frigate-replace-littoral-combat-ship/ "The Littoral Combat Ship program has been a disappointing failure. The ships have proven unreliable, with several high profile breakdowns at sea. The vaunted mission modules often turned out to be vaporware, and even after more than ten years of development, few if any actually deployed to the fleet."

A gunboat coming to the Yangsi River near you

Trey Morris What’s so funny? Are you jealous of the U.S.’s advanced technology?

@@MrNeonz-fk2ky no it how much it costs that is the problem can u see what this is all about u best wake up

They aren't even good for that their range is nothing

Emmet D - It isn’t free. You are all paying for it. Not to say there is anything wrong with that.

In blighty the NHS is paid for by taxes. Advertised as free health care but reality it ay. Nothing in this world is free. We all get taxed to death. Quite literally 🇬🇧..

Well the're the fastest vessels in the entire Navy that's what makes them useful.

@@brandonm30 fastest obsolete ship in retirement

Trump has nothing to do with this video.

how so ?

Let me see your company

Explain?

Lol nerd

LOL... You are so ignorant Tudor Matei