At $800,000 per round, ammo on America’s billion-dollar USS Zumwalt is too pricey to fire

lukin2006

At $800,000 per round, ammo on America’s billion-dollar USS Zumwalt is too pricey to fire

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/at-800000-per-round-ammo-on-americas-billion-dollar-uss-zumwalt-is-too-pricey-to-fire

lmfao....

rgambs

But, but, but we need to build up the military and increase "defence" spending.

PJ_Soul

$4.4 billion for one ship, and $800,000 per round if you want to fire at something. Alrighty then. No wonder so many people live in poverty. US military spending makes me want to puke.

lukin2006

Thats a crazy amount for 1 ship...

Drowned Out

“As long as our president and you the American people have an insatiable appetite for security . . . I have an insatiable appetite for the stuff to underwrite that security,” Adm. Harris said

Creepy as fuck if you realize the term 'security' is almost exclusively used as war propaganda, and this ship will do nothing for US security.

Also...shit article. Why is there no info about how Lockheed Martin blew the ammo estimate by 1600%? And who in the govt / military is responsible for whatever deal was made during design/bid/build? Seriously, we get to read all about how cool the war machine is, but no details on the massive fuck up?
Heads should roll...a 4.4 billion dollar ship that costs a half billion to arm once. Assholes.

lukin2006

Drowned Out said:

“As long as our president and you the American people have an insatiable appetite for security . . . I have an insatiable appetite for the stuff to underwrite that security,” Adm. Harris said

Creepy as fuck if you realize the term 'security' is almost exclusively used as war propaganda, and this ship will do nothing for US security.

Also...shit article. Why is there no info about how Lockheed Martin blew the ammo estimate by 1600%? And who in the govt / military is responsible for whatever deal was made during design/bid/build? Seriously, we get to read all about how cool the war machine is, but no details on the massive fuck up?
Heads should roll...a 4.4 billion dollar ship that costs a half billion to arm once. Assholes.

Good points....

PJfanwillneverleave1

I would not want to be on the receiving end of that round.

lukin2006

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

I would not want to be on the receiving end of that round.

also a very good point ...