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Navy LCS Officials Laud Versatility Of Ships

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Navy LCS Officials Laud Versatility Of Ships
An MQ-8C Fire Scout attached to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, Detachment 5, takes off from the flight deck of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) on while it is in the Caribbean Sea on Jan. 6, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Danielle Baker/Released)

A recent test launch of an anti-aircraft missile from a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) demonstrated the capacity to expand the mission set of the ships and there is more experimenting with the vessels ongoing to explore their versatility, several Navy officials said on Monday. The October test of the Standard Missile-6 from a containerized launch system aboard the Independence-variant USS Savannah (LCS 28) combined with the recent initial operating capability of the mine countermeasures mission (MCM) package for the ships…

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