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Re:The U.S. Navy’s Big Mistake: Building Tons of Supercarriers by burfog on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @01:53AM (#11900065)
That casino thing was a ruse. It was a ploy to reduce opposition to the sale, ensuring that the ship would actually be delivered.
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Re:The U.S. Navy’s Big Mistake: Building Tons of Supercarriers by nl on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @05:28AM (#11900787)
Exactly. Worked pretty well!

One would note that India spent $2.3 Billion on INS Vikramaditya[1], which was also an ex-Soviet aircraft carrier, of roughly similar vintage. It was fitted out though, so the comparison isn't entirely fair.

Nevertheless.. $20M vs $2.3B

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Vikramaditya

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