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Saturday, July 6, 2013

LCS - Naval Group Hug?

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One of the justifications (after the fact, of course) for the LCS, according to Navy leadership, is that it’s small enough and simple eno...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Happy Fourth of July!

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 Happy Fourth!  We are specially honored today, the Fourth of July, to have permission to read the text of a speech delivered by Jo...
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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Small Carriers Or No Carriers?

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The new Ford class carrier construction cost is up around $12B-$13B already and will probably finish at $14B or so and I believe that’s wit...
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Saturday, June 29, 2013

Zumwalt Tumblehome Hull Tests

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ComNavOps stumbled across a Defense News video on YouTube which showed Navy research tests of the Zumwalt, DDG-1000, tumblehome hull underg...
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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Quantity versus Quality – Revisited

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We previously discussed the quantity versus quality issue and recognized the truism, “Quantity has a Quality all its own.”.   Recently, h...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Government Supplied Equipment

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The Navy is engaged in a very deceptive accounting manipulation regarding the cost of the LCS that borders on fraud.   You’ve heard me disc...
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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Destroyer and Cruiser Shortfall

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According to their own calculations, the Navy is facing a serious shortfall in the number of destroyers and cruisers over the next decade...
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