>> > My solace is that in a real conflict, all of that red tape would be put to the side and people can get about building things. > That's just not going to h

>> > My solace is that in a real conflict, all of that red tape would be put to the side and people can get about building things. > That's just not going to happen. Check out Urgent Operational Requirements [0] in Op HERRICK (UK name for ops in Afghanistan). These led to multiple entirely new platforms, systems and capabilities being developed and deployed in weeks and months, e.g. physical and electronic countermeasures for the rapidly evolving IED threat. The downside is increased logistics / supply-chain burden because you have additional ad-hoc support contracts and staff, in and out of theatre. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgent_Operational_Requirement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgent_Operational_Requirement