Diversity Hires in US Military Cannot Repair or Make New ICBMs Because They Don’t Understand the Technology

Citizen Watch Report ^ | Chris Black

[maddogtiger]

I’m still here.

[Hatteras]

Haha, “OFFICIALLY” allow...

[DiogenesLamp]

I think we had similar issues with the details of building the Saturn V rocket.

Fortunately, SpaceX is building better rockets than the Saturn V ever was.

So in this area, we are exceeding the capabilities of the past.

[Zathras]

We started to see this in 2002.
American engineers out of college were unable to solve problems without calling all there friends into a meeting.
It reminded me of a PBS children show where nothing is done unless everyone agreed.

[T.B. Yoits]

A lot has changed since 1967. The outsourcing didn’t kick off to such a level until the 1980s and has steadily grown since then.

[alexander_busek]

All founding-stock Americans…

Who wrote this garbage? Clearly not a native English speaker. AI would even do a better job.

What's your beef with that phrase? I see no problem with it. And I'm not an A.I.

Regards,

[mund1011]

In the 1950’s our engineers built the SR71 (and its predecessors) using slide rules, not computers. Airplane capable of flying across CONUS is about one hour. Today “we” can’t properly install a door plug on a production aircraft without it getting sucked out of the airplane while in flight.
Today we have incredible computational power in every cell phone but we lack folks that are capable of ingenuity. Our colleges are cesspools that teach students to hate America. We think men can be women and vice versa. We are lost at sea, rudderless, and taking on water.

[dljordan]

“In fact, he was personally there and witnessed the Malmstrom AFB UFO incident in 1967.”

Ooooh. That was a cluster.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Diversity Hires in US Military Cannot Repair or Make New ICBMs Because They Don’t Understand the Technology

The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 is proof of Diversity Hire workmanship.

[Mr.Unique]

Yes, “bleeding edge” is commonly used in military tech circles.

[Aevery_Freeman]

Yep! When I worked at Honeywell GO they had swag and even a song they played over the PA system called the 'Leading Edge'.

We felt compelled to bastardize it at every opportunity.

[Alas Babylon!]

Retired Air Force here.

He’s not wrong.

Contractors have to have Top Secret, even code word access, but with that still do a ton of classified work the military has never had the manning for.

Much of these contractors are actually retired military.

[catnipman]

citizenwatchreport is a garbage anti-american website ...

[Chode]

then give them a slide-rule, that’s how it was done...

[guest7]

"“tribal knowledge”"...

Space Cowboys Fly me to the Moon (youtube link)

[Sequoyah101]

Back in the 70s and 80s we developed knowledge to drill 18,000 to 20,000 foot high pressure gas wells through multiple changing pressure strata. We also learned how to effectively fracture stimulate them through economical casing designs and tubing strings and to deplete them safely in the early high pressure stages of well life. There were lots of engineered tricks of the trade at work every day.

On bottoms up after a trip we routinely burned gas flares of 60 to 100 feet high having learned to monitor the bubble point depth and circulate out on the BOP until all was clear. It was like tickling the dragon's tale sometimes but we had people who had acquired the skills and nerve to do it reliably. You also had to have the right tools and be rigged up well and tested better to do it. I doubt it could be done again today. I doubt anyone would let us.

[FreedomPoster]

As someone who owns a 1960s, pre-transistors let alone ICs pinball machine, I can’t imagine depending on nuclear tipped ICBMs that old.