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"designed too ambitiously to fulfill too many roles and, as a consequence, well over its budget, flawed in its execution and struggling to meet even minimal ope
by rubidium 10y ago
"designed too ambitiously to fulfill too many roles and, as a consequence, well over its budget, flawed in its execution and struggling to meet even minimal operational requirements."
History repeats ad nauseam. Watch the dark comedy Pentagon Wars movie (featuring the Bradley fighting vehicle) for another example.
We now have examples on land (Bradley), air (F-35) and sea (Littoral) of over-scoped, massively wasteful projects.
- astrodust 10y agoDon't forget the Osprey which was plagued with problems as they tried to make a helicopter-plane.
- linkregister 10y agoI consider it one of the biggest mistakes in Marine Corps aviation. It has an abysmal safety record and performs its mission half as well as the aircraft it replaced. I've lost two friends from Osprey crashes, so I have a personal (and perhaps biased) viewpoint.