11-15-2023, 05:59 PM
In fairness, it has almost always been private ideas and innovations that military weapons are adopted from.. That said, innovation and new ideas are a political risk, which is why many advanced weapon systems are ignored or shelved until years later..Bureaucracies hate real change..
All bureaucracies are self serving and are like a dug in tick, the longer they are dug in the harder it is to dig them out..Trump is a good example of what happens when a person tries to make real change..
When a new weapons platform is proposed, the threat to institutional jobs, careers, etc will fight back.. The history of the M16 is a perfect example.
Read the book Misfire, the history of how Americas small arms have failed our military by William Hallahan..
The sad part is the American soldier has always been the one to pay for this shortcoming as well as the American tax payer..
All bureaucracies are self serving and are like a dug in tick, the longer they are dug in the harder it is to dig them out..Trump is a good example of what happens when a person tries to make real change..
When a new weapons platform is proposed, the threat to institutional jobs, careers, etc will fight back.. The history of the M16 is a perfect example.
Read the book Misfire, the history of how Americas small arms have failed our military by William Hallahan..
The sad part is the American soldier has always been the one to pay for this shortcoming as well as the American tax payer..