Posted on 12/17/2024 9:01:16 PM PST by artichokegrower
The U.S. Navy’s ambitious modernization program for its Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers has largely failed to meet its objectives, resulting in billions in wasted taxpayer dollars, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.
Since 2015, the Navy has invested approximately $3.7 billion in modernizing seven cruisers, but the program’s outcomes have fallen dramatically short of expectations. Of these vessels, only three will complete the modernization process, with none achieving the intended five-year service life extension.
(Excerpt) Read more at gcaptain.com ...
My shocked face....😴😴😴😴
Our government is a clown show.
I suspect the late design change to add a performance stage for Drag Queen shows really messed up the production schedule for these ships.
Too many.
In 2016 they uncovered the Pentagon budget for $10,000 toilet seats.
Between 2003 and 2017, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority spent at least $416,789 maintaining a self-cleaning toilet...but it gets worse: as of 2019, when this wasteful spending came to light, the toilet hadn’t even worked for the past two years.
$37 screws, a $7622 coffee maker.
The supposed fact check to debunk the $600 or $800 hammer:
The Fallacy of the $600 Hammer
Ash + Lime
Mar 4, 2019 — The $600 hammer was actually a $15 hammer. But the Pentagon’s billing added a $420-an-item surcharge to each item.
Full article on waste here:
BTTT
Our society is at peak thievery stage
I did see tim Kaine on some show. Speaking of clowns.
I smell a throng of admirals being handed their hats in a few weeks...some of them trailing their brassieres.
Yes speaking of clowns…
Yup!
Not waste. Money for Ukraine, money for politicians, money for other uses which Congress did not authorize and more money for military contractors! Ever wonder why our military programs are SO Expensive?
yep, a naturally born clown face that needs no clown makeup!
The myth of the $600 hammer….Spoiler alert, it really didn’t cost $600
https://www.govexec.com/federal-news/1998/12/the-myth-of-the-600-hammer/5271/
Military programs are expensive in part because almost everything has to be a standard well above the “off the shelf” standard. Everything has to be specially configured to work with everything else in the higher assembly or end item and there is a limited pool of parts and manufacturers. Where private industry can utilize cheaper Chinese parts and materials, our military cannot and must use often higher priced alternatives.
You ever try to wear high heels on a moving ship?
Yeah, me neither.
Typical DoD acquisition program that could be done at half the cost and time and you’d get a better product.
More planning is not going to drive the cost down. Trust me on this one.
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