DD(X) program sails ahead

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Originally Posted by Kapitain

thats what they said about the:seawolf virginia trafalgar astute arliegh burke erm just about everything

Well for one example, the Burke's per-unit costs have in fact gone down. One Burke can now be had for a "mere" $850 million, where it's cost was once over $1 billion. This is because so damn many of them have been built. Most of the other items you mentioned had or will have very small production runs; the only possible exception being the Virginia, but it's still possible Congress will have production halted before too many of them are built.

seawolf started at $1bn per boat the jimmy carter cost $1.3bn

Only 3 were built; if they had built the 30 they originally planned to, the per-unit costs would be much lower. And it's no surprise that Jimmy Carter costs more than the other two, given it's larger hull and all the unique "special" equipment it has on board.

astute started at £850m and now is around £1.1bn

The Astute hasn't even entered production yet, so that's hardly the same