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2019-11-05 Government

US Navy to slash the number of Virginia-class attack subs in long-delayed Block V contract

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-05 07:41|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Their new aircraft carrier is eating them out of house and home and it isn't even in service yet.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-11-05 08:32|| 2019-11-05 08:32|| Front Page Top

#2 The "all big ship Navy", the ongoing LCS boondoggle and the F-35 mess are all combining into a perfect storm. But a first "fix" might be to go to the Pentagon and start cutting the number of Admirals that never go to see and their bloated staffs... (Then we can start trimming the Army, Air Force, Marines, DoD civilians, and...)

Posted by magpie 2019-11-05 10:34|| 2019-11-05 10:34|| Front Page Top

#3 ^...go to sea^.

Posted by magpie 2019-11-05 10:35|| 2019-11-05 10:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Might be right the 1st time magpie. I wonder how many have actuallty been on a ship at sea.

Posted by CrazyFool 2019-11-05 10:39|| 2019-11-05 10:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Recall an old SciFi short story (from 1950's?) about a war where one side had massive numerical and tech advantages.... but they kept waiting for R&D to provide "wunderwaffen" and lost the advantage. Once R&D actually came through, the new toys all had fatal flaws. Story ends with their defeat and the head general contemplating murdering his cellmate, the head R&D wonk.

Posted by Mercutio 2019-11-05 10:45|| 2019-11-05 10:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Ah yes, "Superiority" by Arthur C Clarke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superiority_(short_story)

Posted by Silentbrick 2019-11-05 12:21|| 2019-11-05 12:21|| Front Page Top

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