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tazze (12/16/2015) [-] 
just how ******* unreliable are javelin missiles? were they designed by Bethesda?
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jdrinfantry (12/17/2015) [-] All weaponsystems malfunction. JDAM success rate and hellfire missiles are still only around 90% whereas the remaining 10% can be off target by 10 meters - hundreds of metres. I still haven't heard of a failproof system.
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tazze (12/17/2015) [-] for a missile (yes, just the missile) that costs around $78k and could very easily kill your men if it failed to launch properly, I believe 5 malfunctions CAPTURED IN VIDEO (in other words, we're not even accounting for all the malfunctions that might have occurred off camera) is a bit too many
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captchakid (12/17/2015) [-] I mean most soldiers wear helmet cams, so most fails would be caught on tape.
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hikakiller (12/17/2015) [-]
On the other hand, Martin Baker, an ejection seat manufacturer, has a proud record of never having had a seat failure other than for user or maintenance error.
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Fgner (12/17/2015) [-] Ejection seats are bigger, have far more moving parts and points of failure, need redundancy for virtually every single one, have to be designed as to not break the ******* spine of the pilot, are hand-made, etc. They are produced in less quantity but make up for it in shear complexity of operation. This saves one life.
I should also mention that Martin Baker has been producing these starting in 19- ******** 44 and they've delivered over 73,000 units.
Javelin rockets are simple rockets with few moving parts and a computer, they're produced on a factory line and have, essentially, three points of failure: failure to launch, failure to hit, failure to detonate. And a single failure can not only take out an entire squad of soldiers, several million dollar vehicles, but can decide the outcome of an entire skirmish.
It's completely unacceptable that a $78k piece of military grade hardware has the same failure rate as, say, a video game controller made in china.
I should also mention that Martin Baker has been producing these starting in 19- ******** 44 and they've delivered over 73,000 units.
Javelin rockets are simple rockets with few moving parts and a computer, they're produced on a factory line and have, essentially, three points of failure: failure to launch, failure to hit, failure to detonate. And a single failure can not only take out an entire squad of soldiers, several million dollar vehicles, but can decide the outcome of an entire skirmish.
It's completely unacceptable that a $78k piece of military grade hardware has the same failure rate as, say, a video game controller made in china.
