"It's designed to not wait until we have this at 99.9% perfection before it goes into the field, but get it to sort of 70% and then get it out there and then develop it from there," Mr Shapps said"
Well, this is interesting. Shapps, not renowned for any actual experience of warfare (or much else for that matter) is willing to put a new type of weapon that's not fully tested into a theatre of war where real people are dying? He implies that it's not even reached 70% of testing, so anyone using this in a real combat situation is at even more risk than usual. I sincerely hope that this isn't a cynical attempt at getting some "real world testing" on the cheap?
> cynical attempt at getting some "real world testing" on the cheap?
Nothing cynical about it. It's getting some real world testing.
What do you think Palantir are doing with all those drones over there? [0]
Surely, if you're in a sticky situation, something that might work is
better than having nothing? Often you don't find out the real tricks
of how to use stuff until its in the field. Maybe they find it's shit
as continuous wave and needs pulsing or something. Anyway could it
worse than an SA80 that jams every 5 rounds and drops the magazine on
the floor without gaffa tape [1]?
Well, this is interesting. Shapps, not renowned for any actual experience of warfare (or much else for that matter) is willing to put a new type of weapon that's not fully tested into a theatre of war where real people are dying? He implies that it's not even reached 70% of testing, so anyone using this in a real combat situation is at even more risk than usual. I sincerely hope that this isn't a cynical attempt at getting some "real world testing" on the cheap?