Seems like a total dick move to launch anyway and hope that approval is obtained later...This story reads like Silicon Valley hubris - break rules anyway becaus

Seems like a total dick move to launch anyway and hope that approval is obtained later...This story reads like Silicon Valley hubris - break rules anyway because we know better. "Do it and ask for forgiveness later," has a threshold of acceptability, as a function of consequences. Generally speaking, loss of life is clearly beyond that threshold, obviously. Significant impacts on people's lives are also beyond that threshold, I would say. More specific to the topic: when your product involves the capability to implement an ICBM, you are probably dealing with energies that place the potential consequences of your product well beyond that threshold.