Not to defend the exorbitant costs but its so typical of today's military as initial budgets are based on forecast purchases and fall apart quickly when programs get slashed.

happened to the stealth fighter too, but this one is absurd because of the ammunition cost and ship costs combined. maybe that new fancy rail gun of theirs will save the Navy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximity_fuze#Production is interesting because it shows how clearly mass production can save money on truly expensive items.

The US Navy is so out of control is costs its frightening and the truly sad part is no past President or predicted one will fix it