re: #93 ProBosniaLiberal

Then why not work with another country to cut costs? Like, either Britain or Turkey. Or, hell, what about us and a few Asian states work and make something.

The way we do procurement in the country is quite literally killing the country. We are paying too much for too little.

And, as for the Littoral Combat Ships:

From the Independence-Class-Uses Aluminum. Anyone who remembers or has read about the Falklands War will know where this is going.

From the Freedom-Class: On March 16th, the ships engines fucked up, and it stalled for an unspecified amount of time. This is a very not-good thing to happen in war.

Ship engine problems in first-of-class ships aren’t really common, but they aren’t rare either. The LCS is far more automated than previous ships, and that’s going to produce savings in the long run. But it does mean additional teething problems to work out. You don’t want to throw away an entire design because of troubles like that; if you did far too many designs would be canceled in their infancy.