Posted on 07/18/2018 12:16:33 PM PDT by Gamecock
An attempt to deploy a new submarine for Spain's navy has run aground again, after it emerged it cannot fit in its dock, Spanish media report.
The S-80 boat was redesigned at great expense after an earlier mistake meant it had problems floating, and it was lengthened to correct the issue.
Spanish newspaper El País now reports that after the changes, the docks at Cartagena can no longer fit the vessel.
The cost for each has almost doubled, the newspaper said.
It estimated that the cost of each S-80 "Plus" submarine would now be close to €1bn (£900m).
The original problem with the submarine dates back to 2013, when it was discovered that it was about 100 tons heavier than it needed to be.
That caused a problem for its buoyancy - so it could submerge, but might not come back up again.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
“They already HAVE ships. They told me to build a submarine to go under water. I fulfilled the contract.”
LOL!!!...................Especially the Armada!...................
Well, they could not afford to keep their military up-to-date. Can’t you see? They needed the money to supply welfare to all of the new immigrants!
...scratching head...”I cut it off twice, and it’s STILL too short!”
and these guys are going to help us fight some future WW3 ? Aye Caramba !
Reminds me of the guided missile cruiser, the USS Long Beach, whose mast carried a unit so top heavy it made the ship list dangerously in swells. So they added tons of lead along the keel. That helped, but it made the Long Beach so heavy, she couldn’t move fast enough to fulfill her support mission.
A complete waste of money.
[ The original problem with the submarine dates back to 2013, when it was discovered that it was about 100 tons heavier than it needed to be. ]
I won’t say that I had a mother-in-law like that. Because I didn’t.
George Costanza: Well, somebody’s got to be at the dock to unhook the thing! Maybe I could be a land guy.
Today’s educational STANDARDS coming home to roost......
If the sub doesn`t float, you must demote.
I’m guessing that pool on deck is a salt water pool, right?
Can you imagine the forms you have to fill out for the EPA if you get chlorine in the world’s oceans?
According to some of the liberal academics I bump into … this stuff can’t happen when using the metric system.
As if it cures everything.
At our former family business which took up a square block, the new owners announced a $30 million dollar project to build apartments and commercial space.
A year later they announced a $45 million dollar project as they discovered a high water table and had to redesign.
I could have told them about the high water table as I lived 2 doors down from the business at one time and had my basement flooded due to a big rain storm to a depth of 2 feet....
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