Posted on 03/28/2013 6:46:42 AM PDT by 11th_VA
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-28/ships-costing-u-s-37-billion-lack-firepower-navy-told.html?cmpid=yhoo
Why would you want to arm a new battleship? C’mon!
No disrespect to Gabby, but it appears that the Navy has thrown away all standards with respect to naming their ships.
Did they not recently also name one after one of our corrupt congresscritters - name not on the tip of my tongue right now? Oh, guess the phrase “corrupt congresscritter” is a big redundant.
How about naming a ship after a Medal of Honor winner, or some other military person who’s done more than ANY congresscritter?
Or, if not, how about the U.S. Obamasux?
Who says Navy ships are suppose to shoot something.
Now days our military is a high tech meals on wheels for their world countries.
Get rid of the terrible guns and make space to send water bottles.
All the Admirals are butt kissers - that’s how they get their positions. Naming ships is now totally political.
that’s all ray mabus, the ultimate political suck up that is secnav because he achieved the lofty rank of lt. 40 years ago.
Pentagon admits: Navy’s newest warship can’t survive combat
Floating billion dollar targets?
http://www.stripes.com/news/navy-council-to-focus-on-problems-with-littoral-combat-ships-1.186722
“A global force for good... “ target practice.
And maybe a microbrewery for beer summits and a GSC (Gay Sailors Club)
Amen...!
If our military leaders would uphold the constitution as they take an oath to do....their would be a lot of presidents and congressmen in jail awaiting charges of “TREASON”.
Absolutely correct. Inept politically correct careerists now run the Navy. Huge peril to the young sailors patrolling the narrow confines of the Persian Gulf in big blue water ships under the shadow of deadly Chinese supplied shore to ship missiles. The fools who run the Navy are facing a bigger debacle than Pearl Harbor.
Still, I might like it to have some Phalanx guns to augment the SeaRAM anti-missile defense, and I'd like a couple more mk46 30mm cannons for anti-boat defense, to counter the expected tactic of swarms of PT-type boats.
Congress needs to audit this speending.....soon
NASA isn’t the only agency whose new mission is to make muslims feel better about themselves.
In order to have a racially and gender balanced military, there must be “make work” jobs.
Must be some goofy lookin ship.
When it comes to our government and military reporting on our military, I believe NADA, nothing, zilch, zero!
WHY or why should we or the world be privy to that information? It should all be top secret. And I suppose that means that only HALF the planet knows the scoop and not the entire planet.)
Soon the Navy ships will have the new gay equality logo prominently displayed.
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