New York Timesof the checkered history of the LCS, it was originally imagined as a multi-mission vessel capable of detecting submarines, destroying anti-ship mines, and doing battle with the kinds of small craft used by countries like Iran. Once produced, however, it proved inept at every one of those tasks, while experiencing repeated engine problems that made it hard even to deploy.
Contractors and public officials with a stake in the LCS, however, quickly mobilized to block the Navy from shelving the ships and ultimately saved five of the nine slated for retirement. Major players included a trade association representing companies that had received contracts worthto repair and maintain those vessels at a shipyard in Jacksonville, Florida, as well as other sites in the U.S. and overseas.
The key congressional players in saving the ship were Representative John Rutherford , whose district includes that Jacksonville shipyard, and Representative Rob Wittman , whose district includes a major naval facility at Hampton Roads where maintenance and repair work on the LCS is also done. I’m sure you won’t be surprised to learn that, in 2022, Wittman received
DEFENSE FIRST. ENTITLEMENTS LAST!
Defense budget mostly spent within the US economy. It creates jobs directs new money into local and regional economies where equipement is made. Texhnologists scientists security staff right down to cleaners for buildings gain. Poverty spending is not yet culturally accepted