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Some pundits will question whether the new Ford-class is a worthwhile expenditure — $37.30 billion program cost and a $12.998 B unit cost — especially given the increasing vulnerability of surface warships to missile attack.
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He looked into this case. and, you know, my point is the navy has a lot of other things that it should be worried about right now. brian: like, for example. senator inhofe said i'm not happy with spencer anyway. we have had disagreements. what's the problem? what is the problem? >> well, the problem is the number of costover runs and delays in some of the navy's major programs the four class carrier the newest carrier in the fleet has 2.5 billion in cost overruns is going to be delayed in its feeding. our newest submarines, our nuclear submarines in our fleet has the -- the construction hasn't...
This is a ford, first in its class carrier. it can do a lot of things other carriers can't do. it's been over budget, taken a lot of time, close to $13 billion. i'll give you one little tease on just what this carrier can do and others can't, and that is launch and receive jets up on that deck with electromagnetics. before they did it with steam and hydro. this has technology, i'm going to bring it home for you here, a lot more like a ride on disneyland but it's an awfully fast ride. kate? >> that did make me understand. appreciate you being there. up next, reports that obama administration ...