Re:How not to build a ship: the USS Ford
by ghshephard on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @06:54PM
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Referenced from a recent HN posting on "What really happened to Vista" - seems amazing prescient about precisely this sort of situation, master writing and a super quick read:
Just a short sample (It's all worth reading - and it involves battleships!):
"...do you realize that there has been no basic change in armaments for over a century? It is, I am afraid, the result of a tradition that has become conservative. For too long, the Research Staff has devoted itself to perfecting old weapons instead of developing new ones. It is fortunate for us that our opponents have been no wiser: we cannot assume that this will always be so."
http://www.mayofamily.com/RLM/txt_Clarke_Superiority.html
Just a short sample (It's all worth reading - and it involves battleships!):
"...do you realize that there has been no basic change in armaments for over a century? It is, I am afraid, the result of a tradition that has become conservative. For too long, the Research Staff has devoted itself to perfecting old weapons instead of developing new ones. It is fortunate for us that our opponents have been no wiser: we cannot assume that this will always be so."