To: Poohbah
Gee, didn't we recently decomm four (4) vessels with the Mk 26? The Virginia-class CGNs? And who's bright idea was it to NOT make enough spares when making them was cheap?
19 posted on
03/11/2004 12:22:14 PM PST by
hchutch
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To: hchutch
Gee, didn't we recently decomm four (4) vessels with the Mk 26? The Virginia-class CGNs? And who's bright idea was it to NOT make enough spares when making them was cheap?Not "recently." Those launchers were cannibalized for spares, and those spares have been used up.
As for not making enough spares: blame Congress. The Navy asked for the money in the 1970s and 1980s, and Congress kept deleting the funds.
20 posted on
03/11/2004 12:34:58 PM PST by
Poohbah
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