cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml to US News@lemmygrad.ml · 1 month agoThe US Navy just lit another $9 billion on fireresponsiblestatecraft.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down11
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkThe US Navy just lit another $9 billion on fireresponsiblestatecraft.orgcfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml to US News@lemmygrad.ml · 1 month agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squareLarge Bullfrog@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month 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-squarePostingInternational@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month 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.