cfgaussian to US News · 2 months agoThe US Navy just lit another $9 billion on fireresponsiblestatecraft.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down11
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkThe US Navy just lit another $9 billion on fireresponsiblestatecraft.orgcfgaussian to US News · 2 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareLarge Cane ToadlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoI heard about this earlier. The Constellation class was supposed to be the pragmatic fix to other failed over-engineered LCS ships the US wasted billions on, but it got cancelled itself because of how poor the state of US ship building is.
minus-squarePostingInternationallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoThe LCS with a single gun and then ammo costing 1 billion USD (with a „b“) will always be a hilarious example of MIC grift.
I heard about this earlier. The Constellation class was supposed to be the pragmatic fix to other failed over-engineered LCS ships the US wasted billions on, but it got cancelled itself because of how poor the state of US ship building is.
The LCS with a single gun and then ammo costing 1 billion USD (with a „b“) will always be a hilarious example of MIC grift.