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.

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