Business as Usual, Ship it Broke, and Pay for the Fix

Galrahn at Information Dissemination has review the Navy budget, and found a nugget, that the Navy is intending to upgrade the DDG-1000 Zumwalt class ships to be able to launch the Standard SM-2 missile.

The lack of this capability was given as one reason to can the entire class, and Galrhan is angry that the Navy, upon canceling the program, did not tell Congress about the upgrade proposal.

Me, I'm upset that the navy was willing to accept delivery of a ship that was incapable of defending itself. I'm even more upset that they did so knowingly.