The Littoral combat Sword was touted as an American military deterrent against China but there were material defects in the gearing of the Littoral combat sword from the Liberty class
After the problem of using the modules of the former combat mission was exposed and gradually faded out of people's sight, another independent class Coastal combat sword was also exposed by Meimei recently
More than half of them had structural flaws that led the U.S. Navy to order strict limits on their speed and adaptability to sea mines
Widening the gap in fitness is a product of the U.S. Navy's sea-going strategy after the end of the Cold War
The LITtoral Combat Line has faced so many problems since its inception that it has had to retire saida and that has been very embarrassing for the US military
U.S. Defense News on Wednesday revealed internal records obtained by Navy Times and confirmed by maritime officials
that the U.S. Navy has structural flaws in nearly half of the independent and coastal battle line that have resulted in hull cracks on several ships that limit speed at sea
Navy Sea Systems Command spokesman Alan Baliber said in a statement that cracks were first detected in structural high-stress areas on independent and littoral combat ships in late 2019
According to Barriber, six of the 13 independent LFC ships currently in service have developed such cracks
The Independence Bureau's Littoral Combat Line Omaha was one of the ships that suffered a crack in its hull
and as a result the Omaha was not allowed to travel above 15 knots per hour in class 4 sea conditions which is a maximum wave height of 25 meters
But weather and ocean conditions in the Pacific generally exceed the Omaha's seakeeping limits, which means the ship's actual combat capability is questionable
That's not a huge sea situation 15 knots that's a very low speed
What does that mean that the independence class littoral combat sword basically won't perform in warrior ah
The combat mission is basically of little use and it's worth noting that the revelation is that the US Navy is still dealing with the powertrain defects of the Liberty Class Littoral Combat line
U.S. Navy department leaders are trying to retire these LITtoral battle lines years ahead of schedule as the U.S. Navy's new concept for 21st century naval warfare.
The LITtoral Battle Line consists of two variants of the Traditional linear design Liberty class and the three-body built Independence class
Yang Fantol, a senior fellow at the Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments,
an American think-tank, says the fact that both variations of the LITtoral Battle line are seriously problematic is encouraging
The problem with the Liberty Bureau was that a chronic problem with the gear orientation of the power system caused several ships to break down during cruising
The first deployment of the LIBERTY to Singapore's Cheung Yi Naval Base in April 2013 was widely seen as part of the U.S. pivot to the Asia-Pacific region
The liberty, however, seemed a little out of place and in July of the same year had to pull out of the Singapore Joint Declaration due to another power failure
The fact that independence is now so structurally flawed raises the question of whether it is worth the time and focus of the NAVY to overhaul and repair the entire Littoral battle line
According to the White House's defense budget report for fiscal year 2023, the NAVY's request for 24 ships, including nine Freedom-class littoral ships, has resulted in savings of about $3.6 billion
The USS Independence was retired last July after 11 years of service and the USS Liberty will retire at the end of September after nearly 13 years
And all of these different littoral combat lines were supposed to last about 25 years and the littoral combat ship was designed to operate mostly on people's doorsteps
However, as time went on and technology developed, the U.S. Navy found itself frustrated
So the defense capability is getting stronger and stronger and that makes it basically difficult for littoral combat ships to operate offshore
In addition to the use of the process of exposure to a variety of defects in the technology of these problems
The US Navy is increasingly dissatisfied with this. Therefore, in recent years, the US Navy has gradually reduced its construction scale and continuously sent more heavy steam
such as carrier drive line and nuclear submarine to the Asia-Pacific in order to regain the dominant power and military initiative in the region
In recent years, US cruisers and destroyers have been involved in a series of collisions in the Asia-Pacific region
The USS Connecticut was involved in a deadly underwater collision in the South China Sea last October
It is expected to take at least a year to be fully fixed and then it will have to go through a series of procedures, including testing, before it can be reactivated and deployed in the Asia-pacific
On the first day of a high-profile exercise in the South China Sea in January last year, the US Carrier Strike Group Calvin III was gradually involved in an incident in which seven people were injured and the pilot was forced to eject
In response, China's Defense Ministry said earlier that the series of incidents showed that the US had become a troublemaker and accident maker rather than a defender of freedom of navigation and flight
We believe that The Nanhai Forest has become a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation
The United States should immediately cease its extensive and frequent military activities that it has been conducting for a long time
Otherwise, it will not only damage the efforts of regional countries to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea
Will eventually endanger their integrity and personnel safety