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Pentagon Wars - Bradley Fighting Vehicle Evolution

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What it is

A roughly ten-minute scene from the movie The Pentagon Wars showing how the Bradley Fighting Vehicle's requirements ballooned through committee demands into a compromised design. It is a satirical dramatization of military procurement.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Linked in nearly every F-35 or procurement thread as the classic illustration of feature creep and design by stakeholder committee, including in software.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “here is the 10 minute video which best distills the whole movie. It's worth watching”

    Ten-minute distillation of the whole Pentagon Wars movie.

    kelvin0, 2015-06 · Recommendation · in “Test Pilot Admits the F-35 Can’t Dogfight”

  2. “It's a great example of how trying to design a product that works well for every stakeholder in every scenario leads to a Frankenstein of a product”

    Shows how designing for every stakeholder yields a Frankenstein product.

    urlgrey, 2018-03 · Recommendation · in “The US Army’s costly quest for the perfect radio”

  3. “Any design engineer will love this scene.”

    Bradley design scene any design engineer will appreciate.

    somethoughts, 2023-04 · Recommendation · in “U.S. Navy wants to sell off its troubled littoral combat ships to allies”

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Topics: pentagon wars, bradley, feature creep, f-35, requirements, satire

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