[Strategerist]

The United States Marine Corps wants them. Good enough for me.

The Marines don't have to pay for them.

The main cost is the obscenely large crews needed for these ships, especially compared to the tiny crews of the next generation of highly automated Navy vessels.

And really the effectiveness comparison should be to GPS bombs, not the DD(X).

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

The Marines don't have to pay for them.

The Marines and the Army always pay, in blood, for stupid decisions made by others. This decision may be right or wrong, but your statement is incorrect.

[reagandemo]

I would also add to the GPS bomb cruise missiles with bomblets. The battleships are of a bygone era. They did their service well in a world where there was not Excorcet type missiles. I love these old girls technology has just passed them up. They should be maintained as museums to attest for the bravery of our fathers.