FIRST LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS1) SHIPBUILDERS TRIALS

[aloisgault]

The Raptor is the f/a 23 the stealth fighter. The F-35 is a separate program and I would not expect it to operate of this ship. An MV-22 or Navy Blackhawk is way more likely. LCS-1 looks pretty conventional with a huge wake and bow wave. the LCS-2 is a trimaran and its wake looks to be much cleaner with little wake and almost no bow wave. I like the LCS2 better.

[locsphere]

Can the new Marines harrier type jets based of the Raptor launcg from that? Don't know what they are called but I know they can lift of vertical maybe an f-35 I think.

[CaptainAmerica322]

I highly doubt it.

[krhonhos]

how many of this ships will made?

[MokomaSusi]

Only three.

[CaptainAmerica322]

It's actually 4.

[daveo211]

There are two types of this class. this is one type, of which there is one built and one ordered. there may be 1 or 2 more ordered soon. The other type of this class is aluminum, it's first one is still under construction at Austal in AL. total number of ordered ships right now is 4, including this one.

[TFOKillSwitch]

they have planed 55. but there still deciding on wether to pick lcs1 or the lcs2 typ ships

[chacalpiano]

nice ship

[rendrahutabarat]

...wow it looks really cool..what about the weapon system?