GreyShuck to United KingdomEnglish · 5 months agoRoyal Navy warships crashed into each other ‘due to faulty rewiring’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10 cross-posted to: europe@lemmy.ml
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkRoyal Navy warships crashed into each other ‘due to faulty rewiring’www.theguardian.comGreyShuck to United KingdomEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square8fedilink cross-posted to: europe@lemmy.ml
minus-squareLad@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 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
minus-squareTWeaKlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months agoI think the mistake itself doesn’t necessarily point to incompetence, however the fact that it wasn’t properly tested and verified does.
minus-squareShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·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.”
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.”