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Re:The Air Force is having to reverse engineer parts of its ... by neurotech1 on Thursday March 04, 2021 @02:43AM (#26339777)
The whole "Has to do everything to get funded" type problem, was very apparent with the Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicle[0]. The result was so misguided, if not comically bad, they made a movie about it, Pentagon Wars[1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Fighting_Vehicle

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon_Wars

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Re:The Air Force is having to reverse engineer parts of its ... by dwheeler on Thursday March 04, 2021 @02:34PM (#26347088)
The "has to do everything to get funded" is definitely not a new problem, it's structural.

"The Best of the Journal of Irreproducible Results" (January 1, 1983) includes an article by William R. (Randy) Simpson about Murphy's Law, where he notes in a haha-only-serious way the many predictable problems that happen because of it. It's not online as far as I can tell, but the book can be purchased: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Journal-Irreproducible-Results/d...

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