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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/




Ahhh...the military-industrial complex at its best. :)


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"In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations."
John McCain, news conference, 13 August 2008, forgetting somehow that
the United States invaded and occupied Iraq in 2003. Another McCain
senior moment?