from the more-money-well-spent dept.
El Reg reports
Weird new warship USS Zumwalt has broken down while on sea trials, three weeks ahead of her formal commissioning ceremony.
The futuristic $4.4bn vessel, which features a so-called "tumblehome" hull, suffered a seawater leak into the auxiliary lube oil system for one of her main propeller shafts, according to [U.S. Naval Institute] News.
The defect will take about two weeks to repair at US Naval Station Norfolk, it was said.
An absolute behemoth of a ship, the 16,000 ton Zumwalt--almost three times as big as the UK's already large Type 45 destroyers--was intended to be the lead ship of a new class of warships that would have cemented US naval dominance well into the 21st Century.
Instead, the entire program, supposedly for 36 vessels, was [canceled] after the third ship was laid down, thanks to some seriously eye-watering costs. The US Navy has since started buying new-build Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the basic design of which dates back to the mid-1980s.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Thursday September 22 2016, @08:25PM
Is it cheaper to bomb them both? Or build a wall around them both and make them pay for it?
(and them bomb them both?)
When the only tool you have is to build a wall,
all problems begin to look like sources of payment for that wall.
To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Thursday September 22 2016, @11:43PM
I'm not sure this first quote is accurate. It's from a machine-generated transcript.
[...] the Middle East policy should be made with respect to getting our hands on oil [...]
--http://www.wsj.com/video/trump-as-independent-in-2012/75187604-AAA1-4A45-AC20-E3030EC5D45F.html [wsj.com]
As for foreign policy, Mr. Trump said he is “only interested in Libya if we take the oil,” and that if he were President, “I would not leave Iraq and let Iran take over the oil.”
--https://web.archive.org/web/20110414231152/http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/04/11/trump-will-probably-run-as-independent-if-he-doesnt-win-gop-nomination [archive.org]
I would bomb the shit out of 'em. [...] you'll get Exxon to come in there in two months [...] and I'll take the oil.
--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySdhGyqGCZk [youtube.com] (transcribed by me)