StealthFlyer March 14th, 2012 at 5:22 pm If the US sells the 7 cruisers to allies such as Taiwan and Saudi Arabia effectively making them (1) forward deployed ships paid for by allies and not the US budget, thus (2) reducing US surface combatant requirements, and (3) providing enough income for the Navy to add a DDG-51 destroyer or SSN-774 attack sub to the budget, then it might be worth it.