Like I said it is not a lack of funding issue but how we spend our funding: Cost of the 1 USS Ford and the 3 Zumwalt failures and the LCS program ~$70 Billion and counting-or instead we could of paid for approx. 28 Virginia class subs or 10 Nimitz Carriers or 34 Arleigh Burke Flight 3s. Or 70 Constellation class Frigates. Granted our shi…
Like I said it is not a lack of funding issue but how we spend our funding: Cost of the 1 USS Ford and the 3 Zumwalt failures and the LCS program ~$70 Billion and counting-or instead we could of paid for approx. 28 Virginia class subs or 10 Nimitz Carriers or 34 Arleigh Burke Flight 3s. Or 70 Constellation class Frigates. Granted our shipyards lack the capacity but the point remains we don't have a lack of funding we have alack of smart spending. Imagine where we would be if just half that was devoted to developing a unmanned surface and sub-surface force? It would certainly help solve manning issues.
When the CNO answered the recruiting "problem" on 60 Minutes, he held "unmanned" out as the solution. When? 10 years from now? ...20? ...50? This is not a near term solution nor will is help us in the coming war predicted to be 2025.
Concur, this is another lost in the sauce boondoggle. We need to get back to basics and use what works. Add the "cutting edge" science fiction stuff slowly and with a robust testing and proving regimen.
Based on current allocation of resources maybe. We can't ignore our population demographics and the large chunk of it that is to fat and or stupid to serve. There was a time when real time satellites data and hypersonic missiles were cutting edge science fiction stuff. Prove it s feasibility yes, unlike what we did with LCS , EMALS etc, but don't back burner it because it is unfamiliar. Horse cavalry used to be back to basics and what worked till it didn't real fast.
You can't tech your way out of a culture issue. Few are willing to sign up to defend the globohomo empire. Fix the culture, some of these demographic issues get solved.
Totally agree -- e.g. F-22, MV-22, and the various iterations of laser technology. The roll out always has its challenges; but the other stuff was a series of dreams and emanations and penumbras.
Like I said it is not a lack of funding issue but how we spend our funding: Cost of the 1 USS Ford and the 3 Zumwalt failures and the LCS program ~$70 Billion and counting-or instead we could of paid for approx. 28 Virginia class subs or 10 Nimitz Carriers or 34 Arleigh Burke Flight 3s. Or 70 Constellation class Frigates. Granted our shipyards lack the capacity but the point remains we don't have a lack of funding we have alack of smart spending. Imagine where we would be if just half that was devoted to developing a unmanned surface and sub-surface force? It would certainly help solve manning issues.
$70B+ huh? In the FY1943 appropriations the Navy Department, including Marines and CG, was $5.9B (https://budgetcounsel.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/the-budget-of-the-united-states-government-fiscal-year-1943.pdf) or, if I believe the historical dollar value calculator, about $112.9B of purchasing power in 2023 dollars.
Unmanned is another dead end wunderwaffen money pit.
When the CNO answered the recruiting "problem" on 60 Minutes, he held "unmanned" out as the solution. When? 10 years from now? ...20? ...50? This is not a near term solution nor will is help us in the coming war predicted to be 2025.
Concur, this is another lost in the sauce boondoggle. We need to get back to basics and use what works. Add the "cutting edge" science fiction stuff slowly and with a robust testing and proving regimen.
Based on current allocation of resources maybe. We can't ignore our population demographics and the large chunk of it that is to fat and or stupid to serve. There was a time when real time satellites data and hypersonic missiles were cutting edge science fiction stuff. Prove it s feasibility yes, unlike what we did with LCS , EMALS etc, but don't back burner it because it is unfamiliar. Horse cavalry used to be back to basics and what worked till it didn't real fast.
You can't tech your way out of a culture issue. Few are willing to sign up to defend the globohomo empire. Fix the culture, some of these demographic issues get solved.
Totally agree -- e.g. F-22, MV-22, and the various iterations of laser technology. The roll out always has its challenges; but the other stuff was a series of dreams and emanations and penumbras.