McNamara is full of shit, just as he always was.
Show me one Ordinance Officer or weapons designer that will make that claim. If McNamara made that claim, he was just showing his ass.
Oh, no argument about Strange being an idiot.
That said, he *was* SecDef, and that *was* his stated logic. Remember, he ordered its adoption despite strenuous objection from generals.
I didn't say I agreed with him.