[rlmorel]

That is what is more disturbing to me. If ships were being hacked or navigation systems were failing, etc., those are problems that can be solved by fixing technology.

If the problem is due to poor training and poor leadership, and the causes of that poor training and poor leadership are not going to go away because of their protected class (and the inbred inertia of bureaucracy) then the outlook is dismal.

If we get into a shooting war in this state, we are going to lose, and lose badly. Doesn’t mean we can’t rebound under wartime conditions which will drive change of necessity, but...simply trying to change it with the same root causes staying entrenched isn’t going to fix it in peacetime.

[Svartalfiar]

That is what is more disturbing to me. If ships were being hacked or navigation systems were failing, etc., those are problems that can be solved by fixing technology.

Hacked or nav systems failing would potentially cause ships to run aground, NEVER run into another ship. There are lookouts whose entire job is to watch for other ships, especially small boats that may not be picked up by the radar system. And, for how agile our ships are, they should easily be able to avoid being rammed by a non-maneuverable cargo ship on the open sea.

[Lurker]

“Doesn’t mean we can’t rebound under wartime conditions which will drive change of necessity, but...”

That means many good men will die.

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