Here Is The Military/Industrial/Congressional Complex At Work!!!

These two stories come from the Business Insider.  They illustrate our Defense Department budget problem perfectly.  Since they both include photographs, you will have to go to these two addresses to get the whole story.  Read them in this order.

  Here is the first one.

The Navy's $700 Million Littoral Combat Ship Can Do Amazing Things, But It Keeps Breaking Down

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/navy-littoral-combat-ship-pictures-2012-1#initiated-10-years-ago-the-lrc-will-eventually-make-up-15-on-the-navys-313-ship-plan-1#ixzz1ry2cPW2D

O.K. it requires skill beyond me to get this second story in place here.  So just to to Business Insider and find this story.  See Littoral Combat Ship Will Never Survive a Shoot Out................................