GreyShuck@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.uk • 5 months agoRoyal Navy warships crashed into each other ‘due to faulty rewiring’external-linkmessage-square5 fedilinkarrow-up123 cross-posted to: ukraine_war_news@lemmygrad.mleurope@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareLad@reddthat.comhexbear7·5 months ago embarrassing blunder that the defence secretary, Grant Shapps, insisted did not reflect incompetence. “HMS Chiddingfold’s motor was wired incorrectly and full ahead gave full astern,” a navy insider said Well Shapps, that sounds like incompetence to me linkfedilink
minus-squareTWeaK@feddit.ukhexbear2·5 months agoI think the mistake itself doesn't necessarily point to incompetence, however the fact that it wasn't properly tested and verified does. linkfedilink
minus-squareShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]hexbear2·edit-25 months agoFr, I know 1984 comparisons elicit eyerolls at this point, and for good reason, but come on. "We're not incompetent, we're simply incompetent." link
Well Shapps, that sounds like incompetence to me
I think the mistake itself doesn't necessarily point to incompetence, however the fact that it wasn't properly tested and verified does.
Fr, I know 1984 comparisons elicit eyerolls at this point, and for good reason, but come on. "We're not incompetent, we're simply incompetent."