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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Navy’s ‘Affordable’ Shoreline Ship: $477 Million Overbudget
From The Danger Room:
It only took an extra half billion dollars, but the Navy is now inching closer to having a fleet of stealthy, shore-hugging surface ships.
The future USS Independence, the Navy’s second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), this week completed “acceptance trials,” a sort of test drive for the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey. During the two-day trials, the ship completed demonstrations of the combat systems suite, steering, anchoring, and propulsion.
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My Comment: Stories like this one just makes me want to scream.
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