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Originally Posted by retmil46
Now I'm retired Navy, and like to see that (within reason) the guys are getting enough new ships and equipment as needed to be able to do their jobs - but even for me, this is just way over the top - even the Navy wanted to cancel the bloody thing because it cost so much.
Cutting-edge Navy warship being built in Maine - Yahoo! News
The sub force had a "Cadillac" of their own back in the 90's, the Seawolf class fast attacks, but the bloody things were so expensive that after the Soviet Union folded they only built 3 of them and switched to the more reasonable Viginia class.
Guess the reason this gold-plated skimmer is still being built is it's an election year, and various people need to get their "street cred" when it comes to defense.  |
Yes, but Bush has been rather quite lately. I guess his desire for street cred knows no bounds since.......
The ships were first proposed in 2001, first approved in 2005 and funding was approved in 2007. All the way there were Navy people fighting to stop this project, and yet after the funding was approved the process for construction got under way.