RkFast Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Forget this nonsense. Im going to bikini riot. Trying to guess the mass of Tylene Buck's cans is a lot more fun than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Forget this nonsense. Im going to bikini riot. Trying to guess the mass of Tylene Buck's cans is a lot more fun than this. Let us know if they're bigger than a carrier-based B-52 or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkFast Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Let us know if they're bigger than a carrier-based B-52 or not. The Navy experimented with carrier based B-52s back in '81. Commendant Kleeman of VFMASAC-3.41 had Private Venlet attempt to land one on the Intrepid, while it was parked in the Med. It was called "Operation Good Kill." True story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 That's not how the process works, at all. The reason for the majority of cost overruns is the government changing the requirements during every phase, which generally means COMPLETE re-engineering because minor changes usually mean ripple affect on many other components/processes. It's really easy to sit back and Monday Morning QB these things but it's a VERY complex endeavor that most people simply cannot comprehend. Fixed price contracts wouldn't fix much of anything, though I guess in the short run it would mean less money being spent - but in the long term I'd bet it'd cost much more. Military procurement history is riddled with bad (and good) choices bases solely on this or that member(s) of the Gang of 535 successfully "bringing home the bacon" to his voters for the purpose of his re-election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkFast Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Military procurement history is riddled with bad (and good) choices bases solely on this or that member(s) of the Gang of 535 successfully "bringing home the bacon" to his voters for the purpose of his re-election. See: "Hornet Mafia" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 See: "Hornet Mafia" And the recent tanker fiasco. And LCS. "We're going to build two different types of the same class...just for the votes in Congress. But we'll tell people it's cheaper, because the American public's stupid enough to believe us." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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