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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] One Navy secretary and his allies in Congress fought to build more littoral combat ships even as they broke down at sea and their weapons systems failed. The Navy wound up with more ships than it wanted, at an estimated lifetime cost that could reach $100 billion or more.

The Navy’s haste to deliver ships took precedence over combat ability. Without functioning weapons systems the vessels are like a “box floating in the ocean,” one former officer said.

Sailors and officers complained they spent more time fixing the ships than sailing them. The stress led many to seek mental health care.

Top Navy commanders placed pressure on subordinates to sail the ships even when the crews and vessels were not fully prepared to go to sea.

Several major breakdowns in 2016 exposed the limits of the ships and their crews, each adding fresh embarrassment to a program meant to propel the Navy into a more technologically advanced future.[/quote]
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-navy-spent-billions-littoral-combat-ship

I guess we should strap this little ship on an F-35? Maybe it would improve performance of both?[/quote]

This is your routine reminder that the Pentagon has never passed an audit.[/quote]

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