unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ (DoD? Gannett?) has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on
Army Times, and
Airforce Times, To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on
Navy Times,
Marine Corps Times,
stripes.com and
military.com.
To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.
Read all about Fair Use
here. It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.
unhappycamper summary of this article: ROFLMAO. Nowhere in this Navy Times article does it mention that the Lockheed ships will be built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri -->
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x96317Navy awards LCS deals to Lockheed, AustalBy Christopher P. Cavas - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Dec 30, 2010 20:30:31 EST
Lockheed Martin and Austal USA received contracts Wednesday to build more Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) for the U.S. Navy, all but assuring that each company will build 10 more of the fast, small warships over the next eight years.