The Van Riper story is often told but not nearly as demonstrative as you might think. Much of what happened was just the simulator breaking in surprising ways t

The Van Riper story is often told but not nearly as demonstrative as you might think. Much of what happened was just the simulator breaking in surprising ways that the participants didn't know about. A simple argument you might appreciate is that the UK, France, and China are all currently building aircraft carriers. They wouldn't be doing that if carriers were obsolete.