The Pentagon is poised to send the LCS to thwart narcos

Defense News: The military is poised to decide whether it will use the littoral combat ship to stop illegal drug shipments from South and Central America to the United States.

The move, amid pressure from lawmakers and the military command covering the Southern Hemisphere, would signal a new intensity in combating the importing of illegal drugs amid a tidal wave of opioid deaths in the U.S. It would also mean a program that has seen near-constant churn as the Navy has struggled to integrate the ship into the fleet may see more changes ― if it does have to gear up for a new mission.

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