Frank46, I agree with what you posted. They are trying to throw new technology en masse at the new ship designs instead of rolling out incremental upgrades and it has just skyrocketed costs with much less reliability. But a small correction: they cut off the Zumwalt Class monstrosities at 3 ships, not one. You have the Zumwalt in commission, the Michael Monsoor, which is fitting out and the Lyndon B. Johnson, which is still being built. And yes, that is 2 too many in my opinion.