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lark

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24. This just aggravates me so much.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 02:25 PM

Jan 2016

Why didn't they make the mfg. repair these for free? The MIC is pure charity for the rich that comes out of the pockets of the poor and middle class.

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New Navy Ships Have Trouble Surviving the High Seas [View all] Ichingcarpenter Jan 2016 OP

If the vendor suggested a change, why is the client paying to rectify an obvious mistake? . . . Journeyman Jan 2016 #1

No bid deal. Cost plus contracting. What could go wrong? eom Mika Jan 2016 #2

Cost plus contracting has distorted our entire economy for the worse LongTomH Jan 2016 #10

Generator Reliability Ichingcarpenter Jan 2016 #3

"the generators failed as soon as 208 hours" I think they need to change vendors. ? BlueJazz Jan 2016 #20

Was the contractor, Acme Flotilla Corporation? Hoppy Jan 2016 #32

! BlueJazz Jan 2016 #36

Two key words. "Navy Adopted". In other words they accepted the changes. Lochloosa Jan 2016 #12

You're forgetting that war is a racket. Racketeers racket. Suck that U.S. Treasury dry. nt valerief Jan 2016 #15

This doesn't sound right EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #4

When ships are thought of as "weapons platforms" lumberjack_jeff Jan 2016 #5

That's Not Fair Jeff ProfessorGAC Jan 2016 #38

"I want a tank... a big-ass tank. And make it float." Yessir Admiral. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2016 #42

Can you spell ... GeorgeGist Jan 2016 #6

No problemo Roy Rolling Jan 2016 #7

Maybe they could use them as aircraft carriers for the F-35 KamaAina Jan 2016 #8

Now that's perceptive! KansDem Jan 2016 #17

Wow, that was my exact thought yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #25

How about this other White Elephant and its called..................................... turbinetree Jan 2016 #9

Are these the same ships that were corroding MynameisBlarney Jan 2016 #11

Aluminum hulls in salt water... gregcrawford Jan 2016 #34

Of course, I'm in the marine diesel engine industry. MynameisBlarney Jan 2016 #37

Magnesium required as Sacrificial Metal on Aluminum craft. n/t PeoViejo Jan 2016 #39

Ah, that's right. Thanks for the correction. gregcrawford Jan 2016 #40

No Problem. PeoViejo Jan 2016 #41

isn't magnesium highly flamable neohippie Jan 2016 #44

No problem PeoViejo Jan 2016 #46

If it's finely divided, it is jmowreader Jan 2016 #48

Ala-damn-bama wouldn't survive without the MIC. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #13

And people are worried about that 1 guy that bought beer with his food stamps? liberal N proud Jan 2016 #14

lol, that $1.3 bill lottery last night wasn't the only game. jtuck004 Jan 2016 #22

Cuban refugees 1Greensix Jan 2016 #50

Having swam and been on the Persian Gulf in the Winter, I can't imagine what the NAVY JCMach1 Jan 2016 #16

That's rediculous Bradical79 Jan 2016 #18

Oh? And, they need to sail the Oceans? That's not a problem, we'll just adjust these contracts. n/t jtuck004 Jan 2016 #19

Our tax dollars at play forest444 Jan 2016 #21

LoLolol...I rememeber going thru a Hurricane off Cuba. 90ft swells my boat the USS Whitney Katashi_itto Jan 2016 #23

This just aggravates me so much. lark Jan 2016 #24

Someone was not following the design specs (using cheaper, thinner material?) is my guess...nt jonno99 Jan 2016 #26

Nothing new here... bullsnarfle Jan 2016 #27

Don't they test this shit out? Tab Jan 2016 #28

4 Chinook helos can transport about as many troops/cargo faster, but they don't nearly cost as much leveymg Jan 2016 #29

If it costs $2.4M to fix four boats that cost $651M, JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #30

That's beside the point anigbrowl Jan 2016 #43

As the late great Alan Rickman once said... Crowman1979 Jan 2016 #31

You got to love how the Military contracts with Geronimoe Jan 2016 #33

Ichingcarpenter, we are all in for a high roll on the seas saidsimplesimon Jan 2016 #35

One look at it suggested that to me. But then, I'm no engineer. Joe Chi Minh Jan 2016 #45

Thank god we have corporations. The people who profited off this might have had to pay for it. Taitertots Jan 2016 #47

The OHP class frigates developed cracks in the aluminum superstructure about midships Kaleva Jan 2016 #49

Somebody is drinking from this gravy train. roody Jan 2016 #51

That's a metric fuck ton of fun! n/t Kennah Jan 2016 #52

Aren't these the littoral ships, though? (nt) Recursion Jan 2016 #53

What's next? Planes that can't fly? n/t Kennah Jan 2016 #54