3.1 Billion dollars is a lot of eggs to put in one basket

The new Zumwalt class of destroyers looks cool and science fictiony but with price tag that has reduced its number from an original 32 gradually whittled down to three, you have to wonder.

A while weapons long on gee whizzery sometimes work out well they usually don't.

A simple unforeseen fragility could see the whole fleet sunk - dead in the water literally.

Obama's administration clearly sees the future of the US military in terms of teams of technicians rather than one composed of warrioirs.