Having determined that the DDG-1000 has minimal military value, the Navy and Congress have decided to compromise on three, rather than zero, of the remarkably expensive but utility-challenged vessels. Democracy in action, so to speak. I am reminded of Winston Churchill's characterization of appropriation following...
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Defense News has a good article on the Navy's decision to end pursuit of the DDG-1000, although much will be familiar to readers of Information Dissemination. The story notes the.
Vice Admiral Barry McCullough:However, in the current program of record, the DDG-1000 cannot perform area air defense; specifically, it cannot successfully employ the Standard Missile-2 (SM-2), SM-3 or SM-6, and.