The navy has at times tried to relax these requirements, but so far it has not worked out. It has been speculated that relaxed requirements or poor implementat

The navy has at times tried to relax these requirements, but so far it has not worked out. It has been speculated that relaxed requirements or poor implementation of modifications was responsible for the sinking of the Kursk. Relaxing ammo handling procedures to achieve higher rate of fire scores in exercises may have helped to sink the HMS Hood. There's an analogy in here somewhere concerning computer security.