Got airborne off the grass at Valley on one occasion, after a main tyre burst. Half an hour later landed safely and a nice fireman helped me out still on the runway.
Transfer your scenario to an airliner and you wouldn't even abort the take off at high speed for a tyre failure.
Not a good example at all. Landing an airliner with a tyre failure is straightforward. Concorde is interesting, but don't get me started on fuel tank protection!
Problem is that v senior officers did not appear to understand safety management systems. Was chatting to a middle ranking officer the other day, he was explaining that at his level the understanding of what they are trying to achieve is improving all the time. I was reassured that in response to H-C the military will not swing violently in the opposite direction. There are a lot of bright minds out there, just a question of pointing them in the right direction.
Signs are encouraging from what I can see, simplistic arguments put forward by Rigga do not reflect the current thinking IMHO.