From: "George Sherwood" 

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:14:03 +0100, Adam wrote:

>
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1159193316671&pagename=JPost%2FJPA
rticle%2FShowFull
>
> "The Israel Navy inched a step closer to receiving a next-generation
> coastguard vessel over the weekend when Lockheed Martin launched the USS
> Freedom, which is slated to join the US Navy, at the Marinette Marine
> Shipyard in Wisconsin.
>
> "It comes none too soon," said US Chief of Naval Operations
Adm. Michael
> G. Mullen of the 115-meter Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). "Because there
> are tough challenges out there that only she can handle."
>
> Designed for speed, maneuverability and amphibious operations, the LCS
> was developed by Lockheed Martin according to US Naval specifications to
> operate as a "brown-water" ship in shallow coastal waters and where
> there are combined threats from land and sea. "

I see you found a way to put a negative spin on this with the Israeli
comment.   I think if you look closely at this ship and then the
one the Russian's recently lost you will see what makes stealth ship and
what makes one that looks like one.

So good hi-res photos here.

http://www.navy.mil/list_all.asp?id=25737

George

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