22.04.2008, 11:15
Die US Navy hat ein Instandhaltungsproblem, die Arleigh Burkes haben anscheinend sämtlich Probleme mit Rost:
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Zitat:Two ships deemed ‘unfit’ for combat
By Christopher P. Cavas - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Apr 21, 2008 13:31:35 EDT
Most of the missiles couldn’t be fired, and neither could any of the big guns. The Aegis radars key to the ships’ fighting abilities didn’t work right.
The flight decks were inoperable.
Most of the lifesaving gear failed inspection.
Corrosion was rampant, and lube oil leaked all over.
The verdict: “unfit for sustained combat operations.”
Those results turned up by an inspection by the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey — commonly known as an InSurv — would be bad enough if they came from one warship.
But they came from two. In different fleets, in different oceans. Within a week of each other. And each ship represents the Navy’s most sophisticated front-line surface combatants.