The nonperformance of the Zumwalt Littoral warfare ship— high tech high cost and using “green environmental” fuel was a text book case. It could not transit the Panama Canal on its inaugural cruise (after many shakedown failures). Lot of this is US Naval Institute press.
Could not proceed under its own power. Will have to review the “solution”.
That’s one major example. The subs under construction are, afai can determine, on schedule. Gonna be some wicked a@@ firepower and stealth there, and new platforms for a major leg of nuclear strategic deterrence.
obamaumao was focused on... Ray Mabus and his OVER PC personnel crap- including re-design of berthing for crews— like it was a college mixed sex dormitory not a warship. Mabus was a real POC. Talk about order and discipline, Mabus could have taken a good look at Israels vast experience in male female combat units. But... no. Push the lib/ alphabet people agenda.
The LCS and Zumwalt are two different classes of ship. They are both boondoggles and disasters but they’re not the same ship.