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The Department of War just shot the accountants and opted for speed

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287 points ridruejo | 1 comments | 11 Nov 25 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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thatguymike ◴[11 Nov 25 15:16 UTC] No.45888230[source]▶
Based on this article alone, I can believe this is a good thing. The US military suffers incredibly from its monopsony position and without a doubt will get a heavy wakeup call (read: dead young people) next time it has to fight a real war. In addition the army should be the most accountable and results oriented branch of government, since it’s the only one that’s actively oppositional. If we can’t fix procurement there then what hope do we have for the rest of government?
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bonsai_spool ◴[11 Nov 25 20:59 UTC] No.45892758[source]▶
> In addition the army should be the most accountable and results oriented branch of government

The army isn't a branch of government - and if you then wish for Defense to be accountable, there's the question of how to allocate money for secret things.

I don't know how other countries do this and if there are better ways to structure this.

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themafia ◴[11 Nov 25 22:39 UTC] No.45893861[source]▶
> there's the question of how to allocate money for secret things.

In the history of war I find very few examples where an obscure secret technology was the key to military victory.

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1. celeritascelery ◴[11 Nov 25 23:08 UTC] No.45894166[source]▶
The Manhattan project is a pretty obvious example. The past world wars were full of technological advances that world powers were trying to keep away from enemies.