[Jim Robinson]

Bump!

[AndyJackson]

And in weigh the D.C. lobbyist swamp critters looking for a payout on the top of tragedy, advocating for "those 50 to 75 frigates" e.g.

Jerry Hendrix, director of the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program at the Center for a New American Security, and

Seth Cropsey, director of the Center for American Seapower at the Hudson Institute

Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

"Those 50-75 frigates" are not ABM bearing Aegis equipped DLGs or Cruisers.

Yeah the Navy is in a bad way, but having a lot of folks around seeking a lobbying paid pay-day is not helping at all.