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Yeah, I'm not sure why this is big news. The headline reads to me like "Man buys McLaren P1 for $1M. Doesn't take it out of garage after winter storm covers r

• dsfyu404ed 9y ago
  "Navy is not exited to be hard on it's $440m taxpayer funded new toy by using it as an icebreaker. Millions of taxpayers are outraged." (sarcasm should be obvious)
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  • jfoutz 9y ago
    Taxpayers wonder why the initial voyage went somewhere where the ship could be stuck for 3 months. Sure, they can train in port and that's probably a good move for an all new ship and crew, but losing even the option to go out to sea seems, well, odd. i'm not a sailor, maybe this is the best way to go.
    • biggc 9y ago
      The ship was built in Buffalo. There's only one way out and Montreal had an unusually long cold snap for that time of year.
      • jfoutz 9y ago
        Curse my poor geography recollection! Thanks.
• GCU-Empiricist 9y ago
  Part of it is there is a large body of officers below flag rank, and a few notable ones at flag rank(maybe the current CNO) who think the LCS is a waste of procurement resources, especially at half the cost of a major combatant. That and the Australians are getting a lot more bang for less buck.
  • dtparr 9y ago
    So, sure, I get people don't like it, but I don't think that's due to the fact that it can't serve effectively as an ice breaker. If this was another story about engines breaking down or something like that, sure, but as is I'm not sure why this is interesting.
    • GCU-Empiricist 9y ago
      Absolutely agree, but it's another excuse to poop on it. I don't expect real analysis of why it's a bad buy at half the price of a SSN for a sped up Island class capabilities from the press.