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Yeah 1 in 106 seems like an unbelievably high allowable failure rate.
by maym86 8y ago
Yeah 1 in 106 seems like an unbelievably high allowable failure rate.
- perl4ever 8y agoI think "functional reliability" of > 0.95 means that a failure of 1 in 20 to detonate could be acceptable, whereas "safety reliability" of > whatever refers to the chance of improper arming of a weapon. False negative vs. false positive, if you will. While both could be catastrophic under some circumstances, it seems reasonable that you would expect "safety reliability" to be much higher because it's tested more often. Near the end of the document it talks about how safety reliability should be very high.
- ethbro 8y agoI'd strongly suspect it was OCR'd 10^6 into 106. Specifically as they talk about using multiple systems in series to increase safety reliability, where every system must function correctly in order for the weapon to be armed.