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July 22nd, 2016 
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$13 Billion Aircraft Carrier Struggles with Air Operations, Can’t Defend Itself, Systems ‘Likely Require Redesigning’
July 21st, 2016
Well, the good news is that $13 billion looks like pocket lint compared to the cost of the F-35 catastrophe.
Have a nice day.
Via: Bloomberg:
The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier isn’t ready for warfare.
The $12.9 billion USS Gerald R. Ford — the most expensive warship ever built — may struggle to launch and recover aircraft, mount a defense and move munitions, according to the Pentagon’s top weapons tester. On-board systems for those tasks have poor or unknown reliability issues, according to a June 28 memo obtained by Bloomberg News.
“These four systems affect major areas of flight operations,� Michael Gilmore, the Defense Department’s director of operational test and evaluation, wrote Pentagon and Navy weapons buyers Frank Kendall and Sean Stackley. “Unless these issues are resolved, which would likely require redesigning� of the aircraft launch and recovery systems “they will significantly limit the CVN-78’s ability to conduct combat operations,� Gilmore wrote, using a technical name for the carrier.
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