Stalin
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It looks like frump has decided to send the navy shipbuilding overseas....
The United States Navy has a storied combat record at sea, but the service hasn’t had a successful shipbuilding program in decades. John Phelan, the secretary of the Navy, announced the latest shipbuilding failure by canceling the Constellation-class program on a November 25.
The Constellation program was supposed to produce 20 frigates to serve as small surface combatant ships to support the rest of the fleet and be able to conduct independent patrols. In an effort to reduce development risks and avoid fielding delays that often accompany entirely new designs, Navy officials decided to use an already proven parent design they could modify to meet the Navy’s needs. They selected the European multi-purpose frigate design employed by the French and Italian navies.
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Cost growth in shipbuilding so far this century paints a stark picture. Each Littoral Combat Ship was expected to cost $220 million when the program began in 2002. By the time Navy officials gave up on the program, the cost of each hull had grown to over $600 million.
Even worse was the Zumwalt-class destroyer. Officials planned to build a fleet of 32 ships with an anticipated cost of $1.5 to $1.8 billion per ship. The program was cancelled after only three ships were built because the intended main weapon system proved to be cost prohibitive. The remaining ships currently lack a clear mission despite their nearly $8 billion price tag.
The Navy sunk nearly $9 billion into Constellation-class program before its cancellation.
The financial cost of failed programs is obviously significant, but so is the opportunity cost. The Navy doesn’t just invest taxpayer money into these programs, it also invests time. The Littoral Combat Ship program used up approximately 15 years of shipbuilding time. The Constellation-class program has used an additional decade. Both add up to a quarter century of now wasted shipbuilding time during which the existing ships need to have their service lives extended. It’s obviously too early to tell how long it will take officials to get yet another new ship into service. Using history as a guide, a new ship shouldn’t be expected to be in service until the middle of the 2030s at the earliest.
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The United States Navy has a storied combat record at sea, but the service hasn’t had a successful shipbuilding program in decades. John Phelan, the secretary of the Navy, announced the latest shipbuilding failure by canceling the Constellation-class program on a November 25.
The Constellation program was supposed to produce 20 frigates to serve as small surface combatant ships to support the rest of the fleet and be able to conduct independent patrols. In an effort to reduce development risks and avoid fielding delays that often accompany entirely new designs, Navy officials decided to use an already proven parent design they could modify to meet the Navy’s needs. They selected the European multi-purpose frigate design employed by the French and Italian navies.
...
Cost growth in shipbuilding so far this century paints a stark picture. Each Littoral Combat Ship was expected to cost $220 million when the program began in 2002. By the time Navy officials gave up on the program, the cost of each hull had grown to over $600 million.
Even worse was the Zumwalt-class destroyer. Officials planned to build a fleet of 32 ships with an anticipated cost of $1.5 to $1.8 billion per ship. The program was cancelled after only three ships were built because the intended main weapon system proved to be cost prohibitive. The remaining ships currently lack a clear mission despite their nearly $8 billion price tag.
The Navy sunk nearly $9 billion into Constellation-class program before its cancellation.
The financial cost of failed programs is obviously significant, but so is the opportunity cost. The Navy doesn’t just invest taxpayer money into these programs, it also invests time. The Littoral Combat Ship program used up approximately 15 years of shipbuilding time. The Constellation-class program has used an additional decade. Both add up to a quarter century of now wasted shipbuilding time during which the existing ships need to have their service lives extended. It’s obviously too early to tell how long it will take officials to get yet another new ship into service. Using history as a guide, a new ship shouldn’t be expected to be in service until the middle of the 2030s at the earliest.
The US Navy just lit another $9 billion on fire
The cancellation of the Constellation-class program shows that the military's shipbuilding problem is Washington, not China
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comrade stalin
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