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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: I can pick my "knows" if I want to.
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 07:51:51 -0400
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rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:33:28 -0500, chrisv wrote:
>
>> No actually thinks that we're going to sail the Gerald R Ford down there
>> and be subjected to 1000 missles, do they?
>
> The Navy probably does. They haven't quite figured out a missile can 
> destroy a carrier further away than the operational range of the planes it 
> is carrying. They may even manage to lose one to a Houthi flying car bomb.
>
> https://www.propublica.org/article/navy-littoral-combat-ship-takeaways
>
> Congress fought over it for a couple of years but I believe the Navy 
> finally is allowed to scrap the Little Crappy Ships. No problem. I'm sure 
> Bath Iron Works and the companies that built the other version have cached 
> the checks and sent the 10% to the proper grifters.

The Navy ships programs are somewhat of a clusterfsck. Constantly shifting
requirements and cost overruns.

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Consider well the proportions of things.  It is better to be a young June-bug
than an old bird of paradise.
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