How Long to Read Navy Littoral Combat Ship (Lcs)/frigate Program

How Long Does it Take to Read Navy Littoral Combat Ship (Lcs)/frigate Program?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 12 minutes to read Navy Littoral Combat Ship (Lcs)/frigate Program by Ronald O'Rourke

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Description

Congressional Research Service Report RL33741, completed in October 2016, provides an up to date and thorough overview of the Littoral Combat Ship and LCS Frigate acquisition program. Technical, political and strategic aspects are discussed. The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate program is a program to procure a large number of LCSs and modified LCSs. The modified LCSs are to be referred to as frigates. The LCS program has been controversial over the years due to past cost growth, design and construction issues with the lead ships built to each design (including, most recently, multiple problems with the ships' propulsion systems), concerns over the ships' survivability (i.e., ability to withstand battle damage), concerns over whether the ships are sufficiently armed and would be able to perform their stated missions effectively, and concerns over the development and testing of the ships' modular mission packages. The Navy's execution of the program has been a matter of congressional oversight attention for several years. Prior to December 14, 2015, Navy plans called for procuring a total of 32 LCSs and 20 frigates, for a total of 52 ships. A December 14, 2015, memorandum from Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus directed the Navy to reduce the LCS/Frigate program to a total of 40 ships. The memorandum also directed the Navy to reduce planned annual procurement quantities of LCSs during the Navy's FY2017-FY2021 five-year shipbuilding plan, and to neck down to a single design variant of the ships not later than FY2019. Under current plans, the Navy envisages procuring a total of either 28 LCSs and 12 frigates (if the neck down occurs in FY2018), or 30 LCSs and 10 frigates (if the neck down occurs in FY2019). This report also discusses factors which might reduce or expand those procurement plans.

How long is Navy Littoral Combat Ship (Lcs)/frigate Program?

Navy Littoral Combat Ship (Lcs)/frigate Program by Ronald O'Rourke is 72 pages long, and a total of 18,144 words.

This makes it 24% the length of the average book. It also has 22% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Navy Littoral Combat Ship (Lcs)/frigate Program Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 39 minutes to read Navy Littoral Combat Ship (Lcs)/frigate Program aloud.

What Reading Level is Navy Littoral Combat Ship (Lcs)/frigate Program?

Navy Littoral Combat Ship (Lcs)/frigate Program is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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