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NutmegYankee

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19. I agree they didn't believe in standing armies

Mon Feb 27, 2012, 02:25 PM

Feb 2012

But the constitution grants congress the power to provide and maintain a navy.

My problem with the poster is that he constantly slimes the services. He attacks all acquisition, often forgetting that machines do wear out and need replacement. He then, like in this case, uses wildly inaccurate cost numbers to attack any proposed replacement. I'm a Navy guy, so it pisses me off more that he uses false figures on ships, often twice over actual, to bolster his attacks. Granted I consider all surface ships as targets.

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A Tale of two Ships [View all] unhappycamper Feb 2012 OP

Dear UHC, I love your posts tech3149 Feb 2012 #1

There are a number of reasons weapons costs and the military budget have sky rocketed, Lurks Often Feb 2012 #5

Great post... JSnuffy Feb 2012 #10

Hardly a fair comparison Lurks Often Feb 2012 #2

I was not comparing the utility of these shps, just the COST of these ships. n/t unhappycamper Feb 2012 #8

The costs are not comparable. It really is apples to oranges. NutmegYankee Feb 2012 #9

Still not a fair comparison since they serve drastically different roles n/t Lurks Often Feb 2012 #14

Apples to oranges madokie Feb 2012 #3

Is that all? pintobean Feb 2012 #4

This isn't a fair comparison. NutmegYankee Feb 2012 #6

Tend to agree Red Mountain Feb 2012 #7

A better comparison would be with the Gerald R Ford class Alcibiades Feb 2012 #11

Please do some basic research before posting Lurks Often Feb 2012 #12

I know they have been used in disaster relief Alcibiades Feb 2012 #16

You are the one who stated Lurks Often Feb 2012 #20

Insert the word "defining" Alcibiades Feb 2012 #23

Let's talk about Ford-class aircraft carriers. unhappycamper Feb 2012 #13

And Gas in 1955 (when CV-59 was commissioned) was $0.23 a gallon. NutmegYankee Feb 2012 #15

Don't know enough about the poster Alcibiades Feb 2012 #18

I agree they didn't believe in standing armies NutmegYankee Feb 2012 #19

OK Alcibiades Feb 2012 #24

wikipedia says 9 billion Alcibiades Feb 2012 #17

Because while we have 11, Lurks Often Feb 2012 #21

We've managed to do just fine Alcibiades Feb 2012 #22

Then you have a different interpration then Lurks Often Feb 2012 #25