[xyzzyz]

> 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]

We 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.