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Marine Corps May Need Missile Mods For LCS

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Friday, November 13th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford While the Marine Corps continues to weigh use of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), it may need to pursue an upgraded precision-attack missile, an official steering the ship program said yesterday. Navy Capt. Mike Good, program manager for the LCS Mission Module Program Office, said Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway and Assistant Commandant Gen. James Amos visited the first pair of littoral vessels and "saw a lot of potential for the two ships." Marine Corps Combat Development…

Pentagon

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Congress

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Army

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Unmanned Systems

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