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Re:On Costliest U.S. Warship Ever, Navy Can’t Get Munitions ... by FireBeyond on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @05:19PM (#20569289)
> the US Navy accepted delivery of the Ford and commissioned it when it was non-functional. This should be ending swathes of careers at the top of both the US Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries.

It'll be bonuses at Huntington. "Congratulations, you got the Navy to sign off even though it's not complete!"

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Re:On Costliest U.S. Warship Ever, Navy Can’t Get Munitions ... by blaser-waffle on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @01:12PM (#20576206)
This is true for most of the defense contractors I've worked for. It's one of the chief reasons I left that sector and eventually the US.
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