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> Yeah, that's just what we need, Tech company's approach to defense. > "Hey the missile doesn't work in v1, but we still shipped it" Yes, that’s how we won W
by xyzzyz 5y ago
> Yeah, that's just what we need, Tech company's approach to defense.
> "Hey the missile doesn't work in v1, but we still shipped it"
Yes, that’s how we won WWII: we shipped prototypes based on the new ideas, and improved them based on the lessons from the field. In war, stakes are higher, and you can’t always afford to delay for a long time to ship perfect product: by the time it arrives, the war might already be lost.
- ethbr0 5y agoWe also shipped torpedoes that didn't detonate reliably (Mark 14/15) for the first part of the war (1941-43). Although that was more of a Bureau of Ordnance / Congressional fault, for insufficient interwar funding and testing.