Navy secretary says combat ship costs will decline

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4. The LCS was designed for automation and minimal crew.

They already had to add another crew module because they didn't have enough people to properly maintain it.

LCS #1 broke down on it's initial cruise to the Far East. (Kinda reminds me of the USS San Antonio's troubles.)

Mission modules are still not available.

A 57mm pop gun for main armament? Really?

Congress, in its infinite wisdom ordered 52 more of these over-priced things to keep the shipyards going.

Congress, in its infinite wisdom, then cut the order from 52 new ships to 32 new ships.

Congress, in its infinite wisdom, should scrap the LCS program and tell the DoD to figure out how to build semi-affordable ships.

IMO the LCS program closely resembles the F-35 program. Late, doesn't work as advertised, and very overpriced.