Author Topic: Navy’s $12.9 Billion Carrier Isn’t Ready for Warfare, Memo Says (Read 546 times)

rangerrebew · « **on:** July 21, 2016, 09:35:36 am »

Navy’s $12.9 Billion Carrier Isn’t Ready for Warfare, Memo Says
Anthony Capaccio
ACapaccio
July 20, 2016 — 5:00 AM EDT

The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier isn’t ready for warfare.

The $12.9 billion USS Gerald R. Ford -- the most expensive warship ever built -- may struggle to launch and recover aircraft, mount a defense and move munitions, according to the Pentagon’s top weapons tester. On-board systems for those tasks have poor or unknown reliability issues, according to a June 28 memo obtained by Bloomberg News.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-20/navy-s-12-9-billion-carrier-isn-t-ready-for-warfare-memo-says

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geronl · « **Reply #1 on:** July 21, 2016, 09:42:43 am »

problems with prototypes, they usually help work out the bugs in new systems

rangerrebew · « **Reply #2 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:54:04 pm »

Quote from: geronl on July 21, 2016, 09:42:43 am

problems with prototypes, they usually help work out the bugs in new systems

On a ship that enormous, there are lots of bug nests.

Author Topic: Navy’s $12.9 Billion Carrier Isn’t Ready for Warfare, Memo Says (Read 546 times)

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Navy’s $12.9 Billion Carrier Isn’t Ready for Warfare, Memo Says

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