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Navy Busts $12.9 Billion Spending Cap On Supercarrier
gCaptain ^
| May 12, 2018
| Tony Capaccio
Posted on 05/12/2018 7:00:58 PM PDT by artichokegrower
The US Navy’s costliest vessel ever just got pricer, breaching a $12.9 billion cap set by Congress by $120 million, the service told lawmakers this week.
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“Once the adjustment is executed, the cost for CVN 78 will stand at $13.027” billion, the Navy said.
Hope it comes with a warranty as the propulsion systems don't work. Could give everyone in the crew a paddle and tell them to have at it.
To: artichokegrower
It’s curious that the carrier Ford can’t maintain a propeller bearing.
What the heck is going on ?
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posted on
05/12/2018 7:05:56 PM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: artichokegrower
Sounds like this will be the USS Obama.
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posted on
05/12/2018 7:06:02 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
To: artichokegrower
This is BS these should be warranty issues. I mean a broken propulsion and elevators?? Why are we paying extra for this?
To: rlmorel
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posted on
05/12/2018 7:11:02 PM PDT
by
Chode
(You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
To: artichokegrower
the first ship in a new class is always something of an expensive process. it’s mystifying to me that people don’t understand that this is the cost of progress.
To: miliantnutcase
I just watched a documentary on Netflix about designing and building the Saturn V rocket. How can we do that, as a nation, and now have trouble building an aircraft carrier we can trust to work properly?
To: artichokegrower
“Hope it comes with a warranty as the propulsion systems don’t work. “
Nice generalization intended to mislead ...
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posted on
05/12/2018 7:17:11 PM PDT
by
TexasGator
(Z1)
To: Chode
“Swamp cleanup on Navy aisle”: It runs deep for all the services.
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posted on
05/12/2018 7:18:38 PM PDT
by
Shark24
To: artichokegrower
How much does a couple of torpedoes cost?
To: TexasGator
Nice generalization intended to mislead ...
it's FR. for a conservative forum, it's off how frequently military innovation gets roundly despised. see any f-35 thread you care to find.
To: Chode
Not surprised, I thought it had already exceeded that a long time ago.
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05/12/2018 7:19:35 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
To: JohnBrowdie
it's FR. for a conservative forum, it's ODD how frequently military innovation gets roundly despised. see any f-35 thread you care to find.
freaking iOS autocorrect nazi bastards
To: rlmorel
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posted on
05/12/2018 7:21:59 PM PDT
by
Chode
(You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
To: artichokegrower
The propulsion doesn’t work, the elevators don’t work.
And the arresting gear and catapults don’t work either.
For simplicity sake, what DOES work on this lemon?
To: artichokegrower
How could they possibly slap the Ford name on something and not expect it to have warrantee issues?
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posted on
05/12/2018 7:24:13 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: artichokegrower
Weren’t they only one billion not that long ago?
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posted on
05/12/2018 7:24:27 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: neverevergiveup
Because we don’t have Wernher von Braun anymore.
To: miliantnutcase
Pretty darn expensive target for us old sub sailors. They sure look good through a periscope.
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posted on
05/12/2018 7:29:01 PM PDT
by
Equine1952
(Carry, practice, pray it don't happen. You ain't carrying you lose automtically.)
To: Joe 6-pack
U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford; Found On River, Dead.
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