On Feb 16, 1:29*am, Mike further .......

An awful long article about a $250,000 sub contract?
And if the 'brick facing' material is just part of that cost, say 60%
for example, that's around $150,000 worth of bricks?
If the US brick were 'truly' $3 per sq.ft more ................ then
that 150,000 would become somewhere in the region of $290,000 more!
Or around $435,000 for bricks alone?
The numbers don't make sense!
While agreeing that anything that is 'defence' (weapons) should be
home (or at least allied countries) provided/controlled, the USA also
has to be careful not to cut off trade contacts etc.
There are enough large and growing economies in this world now for
suppliers to sell elsewhere in the face of trade barriers, artificial
tariffs or subsidies. Canadian wood products being sold to China, for
example, when US housing down-turned!