CDR Salamander. They were listening!

Littoral combat ship USS Independence (LCS 2) steams through the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. Sailors from Independence's Gold Crew and embarked Mine Countermeasures, Detachment 1 are underway for the ship's maiden voyage to San Diego after successfully completing testing on the MCM mission package.

CDR Salamander just wrote a blogpost this morning covering the LCS woes much better than I ever could.


Then this afternoon we get this from the LCS geeks.


Interesting.

Question:  Are those missile covers just behind the gun?  I wonder what missile they're for?