Purchasing two very different versions of the Littoral Combat Ship may increase operational costs.
So the littoral warship costs much less to build and operate than other warships in the fleet.
The USSR believes it must maintain a militarily unthreatening buffer zone in littoral states, particularly to its west.
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The Littoral Combat Ship was developed using an acquisition strategy that is just as unconventional as its design.
In the event of future conflicts, it is by no means guaranteed that littoral states will afford the same access.
The USS Freedom is one of four littoral combat ships which Singapore has agreed to host on a rotational basis.
Beijing also has been developing anti-ship missiles and other weapons that could deny U.S. warships access to its littoral waters.
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But I advised companies on both sides of the Littoral Combat System competition, and I saw how desperate they were to avoid being underbid.
America's navy, for example, has ordered 150 gliders from Teledyne Webb's sister company, Teledyne Brown, for what it calls its Littoral Battlespace Sensing-Glider programme.
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It has succeeded in uniting many of the littoral states in the South China Sea against its high-handed refusal to discuss its territorial claims there.
An outspoken defender of the ocean, she is also vice-president of the Conservatoire national du littoral in France, and president of the Maud Fontenoy Foundation.
The secretary touts the advantages of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) as a versatile ship that go places too shallow for the Navy's blue-water ships.
For example, the U.S. Navy, working with the Coast Guard and other partners, has increased cooperation with SEDENA and SEMAR on aerial, maritime, littoral, and amphibious counternarcotics operations.
"This welcome reduction has been the cumulative result of increased vigilance and patrolling by the littoral states and the continued precautionary measures on board ships, " the report said.
Shortly before Christmas, Congress approved a plan to buy 20 Littoral Combat Ships between 2010 and 2015 at prices far below what any other class of warship currently costs.
They lack the firepower to inflict any serious damage to an LCS (Littoral Combat Ship) or a carrier but they are perfect for slipping through and hitting a platform.
African oil production along the Atlantic littoral has attracted huge exploration investment, and the region will contribute more than 30 percent of the world's increase in liquid hydrocarbon production by 2010.
The Navy is developing modules for antisubmarine operations, mine countermeasures and antisurface warfare common missions in littoral areas and it may develop additional modules for other missions such as homeland security.
The Navy has gone back and forth for years about whether it should buy one version of the Littoral Combat Ship or two, driven mainly by changing estimates of what each vessel would cost.
Unlike the densely packed destroyers and cruisers that dominate the current warship inventory, much of the Littoral Combat Ship is empty space that can be reconfigured for whatever missions might arise today or tomorrow.
The basic idea behind the Littoral Combat Ship is to build a fast and survivable warship that can operate at much lower costs in the shallow-water areas near enemy coastlines where frigates traditionally have been used.
And there is a chance, at least, that Mr Khatami and Mr Putin will use their forthcoming meeting to reach an agreement on how the Caspian Sea itself should be shared among its five littoral states.
The country has been unable to benefit fully from its gas and oil deposits because of an absence of export routes and a dispute between the Caspian Sea littoral states over the legal status of offshore oil.
That assessment was reinforced by a 2009 Northrop Grumman study that found seven Littoral Combat Ships could perform anti-piracy patrols in the Western Indian Ocean more efficiently than 20 conventional warships for a quarter of the cost.
"We feel it is very important that the littoral countries take strong action against these criminals as soon as possible before the situation gets out of control, " said Pottengal Mukandan, the director of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB).
At the same time, we accelerated or increased weapons programs needed to confront real and growing threats -- the Joint Strike Fighter, the Littoral Combat Ship, and more helicopters and reconnaissance support for our troops at the front.
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What does the decision to mobilize reserves in some of the littoral republics an action now reversed in light of the predictable outcry it provoked suggest about the unhappiness of the Soviet military with the Gorbachev regime?
What does the decision to mobilize reserves in some of the littoral republics -- an action now reversed in light of the predictable outcry it provoked -- suggest about the unhappiness of the Soviet military with the Gorbachev regime?
Their argument has a certain superficial appeal: The treaty establishes rules of the road for littoral waters that are better than might otherwise apply and, if we are a party to LOST, we can ensure they stay that way.
Vern Clark, the service invented a smaller, cheaper warship called the Littoral Combat Ship that broke the mold on naval design and acquisition while potentially offering a warfighting system better suited to emerging threats than the legacy vessels already in the fleet.
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