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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:15:24 -0400, hk wrote:


Two weeks ago, the Navy canceled plans to build the rest of its hulking
stealth destroyers. At first, it looked like the DDG-1000s'
$5-billion-a-copy price tag was to blame. Now, it appears the real
reason has slipped out: The Navy's most advanced warship is all but
defenseless against one of its best-known threats.


It's worse than that, there's a serious question of it's seaworthiness.

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...00-destroyers-
be-unstable-03203/