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zipplewrath

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4. From 32 down to 3

Reply to DFW (Reply #2)

Mon May 13, 2019, 07:18 AM

May 2019

The cost of the ammo for those guns rose dramatically because they reduced the number of these ships to be produced from 32 down to 3. The resulting reduction in orders for ammunition for the guns caused the per round cost to rise dramatically. The navy has the problem that it takes a long time to design and develop a ship and its systems, but geopolitics can change in a year. This is becoming an even larger problem in which electronic systems are developed in 9 months, and become obsolete in 3 years.

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