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Littoral combat ship actually figurative combat ship

By Duffel Blog Staff · Bureau · 1 minute

Filed 5 October 2022 · 1533

WASHINGTON — Following years of controversy surrounding the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program, experts have deemed that the ship is, literally, a Figurative Combat Ship.

“It’s the best ‘combat ship’ fielded by any country in history,” said Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer, indicating air quotes around the words ‘combat ship.’ “Metaphorically speaking, of course.”

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