"The $7 BILLION US Naval Failure" Topic
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| Mako11 | 22 Dec 2016 5:23 p.m. PST |
Seems the Zumwalt class isn't living up to its billing, and costs continue to spiral out of control, as the unaffordability of ammunition hamstrings the badly flawed design: link Just a larger, more expensive version of the LCS failure. |
| paulgenna | 22 Dec 2016 6:09 p.m. PST |
This is not the F-35 in another costume is it? Seems like the current leadership, at all levels, has spent more time lining up their retirement options than getting equipment that actually does the job. |
jurgenation  | 22 Dec 2016 6:55 p.m. PST |
..a never ending story ..no matter what the project.. |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 22 Dec 2016 7:14 p.m. PST |
When's the new PE going to tweet "CANCEL ORDER!!!" All caps???!!! |
| Charlie 12 | 22 Dec 2016 8:37 p.m. PST |
From the NRO? Written by Mike Fredenburg? Neither have any credibility when it comes to military matters. Fredenburg wouldn't happy until the USN starts building 74 gun SOLs…. |
 McKinstry  | 22 Dec 2016 10:30 p.m. PST |
Fredenburg wouldn't happy until the USN starts building 74 gun SOLs…. He certainly would not approve of anything using this new fangled propellor thingy. |
| rustymusket | 23 Dec 2016 7:32 a.m. PST |
I don't know the specifics but much the same thing was said of the Abrams and the Bradley and they have done pretty well. Could it be that teething pains get more expensive as technology gets more sophisticated? I am just saying, not trying to explain it away. It could be that it is a very expensive boondoggle. It is usually not as simple as it seems but sometimes it is. OK, I will get off the fence, getting sore. |
| paulgenna | 23 Dec 2016 10:02 a.m. PST |
I'm sure new technology has increased the costs but I also believe the companies know the military is not going to back out of these programs so why not run up the costs. Honestly, some issues will arise but we have way too many that are costly. |
 Virtualscratchbuilder | 23 Dec 2016 2:26 p.m. PST |
Apparently the Fiscal times author does not know the difference between the Zumwalt and the Sea Jet. |
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