
The USS Coronado (LCS-4) completed a round of test firing the 30mm guns that are part of the surface warfare package for the Littoral Combat Ships, the Navy recently announced. The Coronado became the first of the Independence variant of the ship class to test the two 30mm guns. The testing is aimed a gauging the ship’s structural ability to absorb the blast that comes with firing the guns. The Freedom variant of the LCS has already undergone that aspect…