Zumwalt in Trouble

The DDG-1000 class ships are losing Congressional support, with Rep. Murtha proposing that they be delayed for other needs.

There were originally supposed to be 24 of these, then 7, and now 2, and they are being delayed, and the price has gone through the roof, with it now being quoted at $3 billion each, with realistic estimates putting it at $5 billion.

It's a bad program. 80%+ of any surface combatant's benefits are simply a product of their being afloat and available, so going with what are very large boats and fewer numbers gets fewer boats in the water, and this does is not outweighed by the additional capabilities of the larger boats.

The problem is that the US Navy has a fixation on size.