Failure Feeding Failure is Not Program Optimization

The Libertarian Institute · Oct 28, 2026

“A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you’re talking real money.” (attributed to Senator Everett Dirksen, R-Ill)

As most folks know, I am incredibly cynical about the US armed forces as an effective fighting platform but the submarine force is one of the few programs I can endorse as a pillar of strategic national defense and of course, the US Navy is doing everything they can to subborn one of the signature things they do well.

Of course.

Now they are mothballing one the newest renditions of the redoubtable Los Angeles class SSN.

Of course.

The Boise was the latest…