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US Navy : la permanence d'une LCS en zone Asie sera assurée à partir de 2018 à Singapour avec les 4 unités en service

From www.channelnewsasia.com - February 17, 6:13 PM
SINGAPORE: The United States Navy plans to have four Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) operating out of Singapore - one at a time - by 2018.
These LCS vessels are smaller-sized than destroyers, and are capable of quick operations in shallow waters close to shore such as the waters of South-east Asia, the navy said on Tuesday (Feb 17).
The announcement was made as the LCS USS Fort Worth returned to Singapore for maintenance and a crew swap, after operations including a deployment as part of multinational search-and-rescue efforts for AirAsia flight QZ8501. Singapore is the ship's p