ASDS Mini-Sub Program Sinks, As Replacements Rise

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• Events chronology including its technical, reliability, and 400% cost overruns, temporary cancellation, and final destruction
• The 2007 GAO report on the ASDS program: “…the U.S. Special Operations Command has continued to invest millions of dollars to fix existing problems and address new ones in an attempt to make the boat operational.”
• The ASDS’ replacement SWCS/JMMS program
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