The Littoral Combat Ship is also a disaster of waste.
There are solutions such as the boat we are selling to Saudi Arabia but what is the Navy doing?
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/saudi-arabia-is-buying-the-littoral-combat-ship-the-u-s-1737749488
Iowa class destroyers? The Iowa class were battleships.
Cost per ship, if produced in the original numbers, would not have been so outrageous. But, producing only 3, the cost per ship is not a pretty picture.
But keep in mind these are really experimental platforms. We have rail gun technology now and rail guns need to go on a ship with the ability to produce A LOT of electricity. The Zumwalts can power a small city.
They were built for the rail gun
There are cheaper shells available
https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htart/articles/20170723.aspx?comments=Y
but yeah, nearly a million per round, seriously
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/each-round-for-the-uss-zumwalt-costs-800-000-and-the-n-1788765510
Uh-huh. SURE.
Friggin RIDICULOUS.
Iowa class destroyers? Hmmm...
Not sure I need to read anything the author wrote.
Check out my new staple-gun, guys..! Bad-as$, huh..?!
just another gov’t project
remember next time you are at DMV - the DMV employees you see are the best ones.
and now translate that to everyone in gov’t
rant bait for FR’s armchair admirals.
Pocket Battleship? LOL. It has almost no survivability against anything that hits it, a teeny crew means not much damage control manpower, it has nearly no armor, and has no weapons designed for ship to ship warfare. The only antiship rounds were cancelled because they cost 800 bucks a pop.
But yeah, other than that its a pocket battleship.
It looks like it might have submarine capabilities in high seas.
put a pair of 8" guns on them and let missiles to the guided precision work” Designed in part to support amphibious landings by the U.S. Marine Corps, the Zumwalts were meant to make up for the lack of big-gun firepower caused by the retirement of the Iowa-class destroyers.”
Yeah, losing those Iowa class destroyers was a blow. /s
And yeah, losing an 80s update Iowa BB meant losing 9 sixteen inch rifles and 12 five inch 38s guns. So how does the Navy replace that? With a gee whiz electric gizmo stealth ship carrying two 155 guns. The Marines already have 155mm.
Bottom line, the navy has decided the USMC does not need fire support. They were forced to pay lip service to it by congress and that’s what they did.
Hmmmm....I don't see any howitzers on that thing...
boy this guy Don’t Know Jack ship about shit about ship... Iowa-class Destroyers ?
and I’m assuming he thinks it’s being derogatory to call the Zumwalt “pocket battleships”
“I don’t think the American taxpayer has ever been taken for such a ride as we’re being taken for on this debacle!”
I take you’ve never heard of this thing called ‘welfare’?
