Bit like the SHARs in the Adriatic during Balkan unpleasantnesses various (allegedly).
Without them, we couldn't have provided Air Defence for the carrier ......
So SHAR did not participate in NATO operations to enforce the no fly zone, or do any ground attack or reece roles then? I'm sure that there is a story somewhere involving a SHAR nearly getting a kill against a Seb/Yugoslav jet.
After a bit of market research he found an excellent value, multi-slot, modern looking super dooper toaster. Only one small snag, it was bought in a nearby small US facility that had not yet adopted multi-voltage electrical equipment.
It turned out to be the fastest toaster we had ever seen, producing perfect toast in short order...but only lasted about two minutes before going into total meltdown. Oh how we laughed (he was my pilot at the time).
Does he now work in procurement?
Back in 1993, the BBC
Panorama programme investigated health and safety (and related) issues at AWE Aldermaston. It expressed concern over some waste processing facilities. In the 1980s there had been a great deal of building work to produce new facilities to produce Trident warheads. However, there had ben a costly delay...
As part of commissionnig the plant, it had to be tested. To save money, someone decided to use tap water instead of deminrealised. Result - plant ruined, rebuild needed.
Lots of examples from civvy life too - such as the company that decided to issue senior staff with laptops to increase prodictivity, but then decided to secure them to decks to prevent them from being removed.