At 07:35 AM 5/26/2005, Olin Lathrop wrote:
>Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>>I can't see why this would be any different from producing just
>>about anything. Statistical inspection was developed during
>>WW-II when the US military found out that they didn't had the
>>resources (mostly time) to test and inspect *every* bomb made.
>
>Besides, how does one do complete functional testing of things like bombs
>and fuses?  BOOOM - 397 good 7 bad.  BOOOM - 398 good 7 bad.  Pffft - 398
>good 8 bad....

Unfortunately, sometimes it's worse than that.
Look up the history of the magnetic exploder in WWII US torpedoes.
We might as well have sent them out with empty torpedoes for a while, 
till the sub captains started pulling the appropriate plugs, and 
finally it got fixed.

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