During the exercise, held in August and September 2015, the LCS (Littoral combat ship) class ship was able to repel the attack, but the fast attack boats managed to get too close several times.
Pentagon testing director Michael Gilmore said in his annual report that the "inability to defeat this relatively modest threat beyond 'keep-out' range routinely under test conditions raises questions about its ability to deal with more challenging threats."
According to Gilmore, the ships raise doubts regarding their reliability from issues with generators and air-conditioning units to "cybersecurity deficiencies that significantly degrade operational effectiveness."
Earlier, the ships were brought to attention as they had numerous failures. The contract with Lockheed Martin and Austral envisages the construction of 26 vessels with a total value of $23 billion, according to Bloomberg wrote.
The sheer idiocy of picking a fight with Russia and China simultaneously, whilst the US is sporting a growing list of failed arms programs is stunning. Out-gunned and spread thinner than an oil sheen on water, the drooling War Hawks and Profiteers are ever in search of hornets nests to poke sticks in.
I can't decide if they are masochists or sadists. Probably a mixture of both.