If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a considerable percentage of our material is bound to malfunction even before it is deployed against a foe. We no longer waste manpower by carrying the flag into battle. Instead we need battalions of electronic engineers to keep the terrible machinery grinding.


The black watch: the men who fly America's secret spy planes (ed. Random House Inc, 1989)


If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a considerable ...

If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a considerable ...

If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a considerable ...

If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a considerable ...