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ZOB

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4. This was done to insulate the Littoral class ships:

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 09:53 AM

Mar 2013

"The Navy’s new Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is not only staggeringly overpriced and chronically unreliable but — even if it were to work perfectly — cannot match the combat power of similar sized foreign warships costing only a fraction as much. Let’s take a deep dive and try to figure out why."

http://nation.time.com/2012/10/05/the-navys-new-class-of-warships-big-bucks-little-bang/

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House passes bill shielding shipbuilding from deep cuts [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2013 OP

Grrr Nictuku Mar 2013 #1

"So are we now going to see the military shielded but nothing else? " unhappycamper Mar 2013 #2

Yup. Uniparty consensus to just restore the war budget. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #3

This was done to insulate the Littoral class ships: ZOB Mar 2013 #4

Only tea party legislation to be considered until 014 Skink Mar 2013 #5