They also imply human error, especially bad considering the Bon Homme Richard was lost due to bad fire fighter training. Billion dollar accidents seem to be becoming common in the Navy. At this point I really have no confidence in the US military considering the performance during the Afghanistan withdrawal. The performance is pathetic considering the budget they have
Accidents happen, risk management will never end that.
> The Navy installed touch-screen steering systems to save money.
> Ten sailors paid with their lives.
US military considering the performance during the Afghanistan withdrawal - that's pure DC leadership and not a reflection on the actual troops.
true, but the fact the Pentagon has been filled with liars for decades isn't a positive sign. And nobody has paid any consequences for the failure, not a single person fired or punished. Having lions led by sheep isn't a consolation, the results are still the same
Major changes aren't going to happen until something really bad happens, and by then it might be too late to matter
Besides this, everything about Seawolf screams expensive, which can't be said about VA.
There's potentially even worse intangible costs. Chinese military watching rumormills are alleging that Russian and Chinese forces were monitoring the multi-carrier exercise that Connecticut was part of, may have isolated the subs acouistic signiture and are poring over old sonar records to identify past Seawolf class activity. I'm somewhat skeptical, but PRC has been absolutely saturating region with anti-submarine warfare assets especially when US conducts exercises in the region.
While the US has been saturation the region with submarine warfare assets.