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2016-01-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-

New Navy Ships Have Trouble Surviving the High Seas

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Posted by gorb 2016-01-14 14:50|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Wonder if tests were falsified or skipped and how much money changed hands.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-01-14 15:39|| 2016-01-14 15:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Another possibility is that they're being operated in excess of design specifications. They were originally designed as high-speed ferries.

Posted by Pappy 2016-01-14 18:22|| 2016-01-14 18:22|| Front Page Top

#3 These repairs appear to be about 1% or so of the costs of the ship. I suspect they're not as big a deal as it's being made out to be, but they're in a mode of scrambling to Quick! Find! Out! Something! Austal! Did! Wrong! because budget cuts are probably going to force the Navy to downselect to one LCS hull that they'll then refuse to put antiaircraft or antiship missiles on.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-01-14 20:00|| 2016-01-14 20:00|| Front Page Top

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