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The article offers context for the quote towards the end: But some experts say Trump’s comments, already being widely mocked among defense types, aren’t
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The article offers context for the quote towards the end:
But some experts say Trump’s comments, already
being widely mocked among defense types, aren’t
without merits, lauding in particular his push to
name-and-shame vast defense cost overruns on
systems like EMALS.
“The president’s critique of the program is
correct. He’s right to be frustrated and he’s
right to step in and tell the Navy to pay greater
attention to these overruns,” said Jerry Hendrix,
a navy expert at the Center for a New American
Security.
The price tag for the three Ford-class aircraft
carriers ballooned from $27 billion to $36
billion in the past decade, and the project is
behind schedule in part because of the EMALS
system, as the Atlantic reported. Sen. John
McCain (R-Ariz.), chair of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, slammed the carrier project
as “one of the most spectacular acquisition
debacles in recent memory” in 2015.