[BenLurkin]

I’m thinking it maybe is like when people get a new checking account. Nobody ever starts with check #1

[kingattax]

here’s another possibility.

we all know what a brilliant CIC we have ,

so, obozo is trying to trick the russians and the chinese into thinking we already have 1,000 state of the art guided missile destroyers without having to actually build them just by starting with that designation