I have been reading the naval forum. How do you think I came across this thread? What I am reading here is the same old, same old from government. Instead of making a call and dealing with a problem governments just kick the can down the road and waste the taxpayers money. Whether it be on defense, garbage disposal, highways, etc. governments just pretend to deal with the problem with commissioning study and study after study wasting the taxpayers money.
Look at the problems with the Sea King replacement, AOR replacement and now the AOPs. Why are you guys not willing to see that this is not a good thing.
Sure use 4x4s or 4x8s or 8x8s. This is how they reinforced hulls in the old days. If there is something better and you can get it by the beancounters sure use it. Else, raid the petty cash and go to Home Depot. The Hudsons Bay Company was doing business in the Arctic over 300 hundred years ago in wooden ships. Where is that same spirit? Maybe I shouldn't ask such questions or else the government might commision a report to find out where it went. (Who knows maybe it already has.)
I am done reading Navy threads for a while. They are very depressing.