From the military industrial complex

[St. Louis Hawk]

That brought you the F-35, comes the Navy’s multi-billion dollar littoral (Mulva?) combat ships that the Navy now admits can’t perform their main function.

Navy wants to decommission the ships that were just commissioned in … 2019.

US Navy chief defends plan to scrap troubled warships even though some are less than 3 years old | CNN Politics

The chief of the US Navy defended the service's plans to scrap nine relatively new warships in the coming fiscal year even as the service tries to keep up with China's growing fleet. Three of the littoral combat ships slated for decommissioning are less than three years old.

www.cnn.com

Why do taxpayers continue to pay for shit product that doesn’t meet specs?

 

[anon_b29nm7v7dwp6r]

Well as awesome as our MIC is for some things (see Ukraine…) they have had two pretty big swing and misses lately with the F35 and this…

 

[FAUlty Gator]

That brought you the F-35, comes the Navy’s multi-billion dollar littoral (Mulva?) combat ships that the Navy now admits can’t perform their main function.

Navy wants to decommission the ships that were just commissioned in … 2019.

US Navy chief defends plan to scrap troubled warships even though some are less than 3 years old | CNN Politics

The chief of the US Navy defended the service's plans to scrap nine relatively new warships in the coming fiscal year even as the service tries to keep up with China's growing fleet. Three of the littoral combat ships slated for decommissioning are less than three years old.

www.cnn.com

Why do taxpayers continue to pay for shit product that doesn’t meet specs?

We should do another chip in. You know how many chicks you could get on one of those?

 

[THE_DEVIL]

Side note: Now would be a good time to get into a MIC based ETF.

 

[Warrior Poet31]

The scope and scale of the MIC is astounding. They're going to get their war with Russia, and probably China, so you guys guys can be proud Americans again.

 

[theiacowtipper]

I watched an interesting video the other day on weapons development. One of the issues that we self inflict is an effort to make a technology leap every time we develop a new system. In other words, if the current system is level C, we don’t go for F at the left level. We go for Q. Sometimes we try for such a huge leap that we miss. I think that’s what has happened here.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

Well as awesome as our MIC is for some things (see Ukraine…) they have had two pretty big swing and misses lately with the F35 and this…

I suggest this comedic movie on the subject of why things go awry in the government weapons developement

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

We should do another chip in. You know how many chicks you could get on one of those?

We win the Preakness exacta, we can take one of the ships off the Navy’s hands cheap.

Float it outside the Don CeSar. Game on.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

How come it always the Navy and Air Force that wastes the most money.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

How come it always the Navy and Air Force that wastes the most money.

Because they are the two branches that rely most upon extremely expensive technology.

That part isn't rocket science.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

How come it always the Navy and Air Force that wastes the most money.

Boats are a money pit. (I imagine the same can be said for planes but I rent my jetstream)

 

[LBoogie28]

The scope and scale of the MIC is astounding. They're going to get their war with Russia, and probably China, so you guys guys can be proud Americans again.

Orly?