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Old 07-01-2007, 12:48 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Yeah, it is sad to hear about.

I can't believe that the Navy isn't knocking heads together over this.

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Originally Posted by rickusn View Post
One veteran naval analyst, Norman Polmar, said other first-in-class amphibious ships have never been so flawed when they joined the fleet.

“These are basically troop transport ships,” he said in an interview. “We’ve been building these ships for 65 years.”

The Navy also should hold the contractor and the project leadership accountable for the failures, he said.

“The Navy leadership should have laid down the law,” he said.
I hate to admit it, but that's one of the few things I've ever liked hearing out of that smug clown's mouth.
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