But it also goes into some detail about why that's true as well. Essentially, to me the biggest issue is that Defense spending is a Congressional pork trough. Instead of centralizing for efficiency, everything is spread out so everyone gets their share.

It's a decent report for someone that has the merest of an idea what the Navy does/uses/needs. It shows how thoughts about various aspects of a ship's needs have changed over the years including walking back from implemented changes as they've responded to opponents' reactions to those changes. It's also in an interesting format seeing the difference from a report vs a presentation style slide deck that must be so tempting to use. Glad to see that actual reports are alive and well outside of the tech bubble.