...and I'm sure they really need to know those portions to one part in 10,000. As if the use of percent wasn't specifically designed to put things on a 100-pt scale. If the number isn't < 0.5%, it probably shouldn't have digits after the decimal....and I'm quite certain there is a small army of folks employed to determine the exact distribution of work across various jurisdictions/countries/political districts. LM knows what they are doing -
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Pax River Water Cooler discussion from years back that I've never heard denied: When developing the -53K, Sikorsky offered to factor in the sled mounts (or at least the capacity for them) in the event that the Navy elected to circle back and need more -53s. Navy said to pound sand and now -53K would need major redesign to tow the sled.CH-53K in the MCM fight, replacing the MH-53E? Mission to Marines and not Navy?
From Sea Dragon to Kill Web Node: The CH-53K as Airborne Manager of the Mine-Warfare Fight | Defense.info
The MH-53E Sea Dragon’s role in mine countermeasures at the Strait of Hormuz has been indispensable but fundamentally limited by its generation. It tows. It sweeps. It clears a corridor. But it does not think, and it does not connect. That is the essential distinction between the Sea Dragon era...
