<story><title>The U.S.&apos;s $13B aircraft carrier has a toilet problem</title><url>https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a31929628/uss-ford-toilet/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>grandinj</author><text>Given the size and complexity of such a device, and the limited number of them that are constructed (which means they are always a one-off), it would be a miracle on the order of Moses parting the Red Sea for one of them to be built __without__ such mistakes happening.&lt;p&gt;In you are a developer, think of the number of times you have seen a successful SAP deployment i.e. on time, on budget, meets specs. Then multiply that by about 10k to reach the complexity of an aircraft carrier.</text></comment>
<story><title>The U.S.&apos;s $13B aircraft carrier has a toilet problem</title><url>https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a31929628/uss-ford-toilet/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Rebelgecko</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s interesting that there&amp;#x27;s so much focus on the toilet problem, and not the other $139 billion in unexpected maintenance costs</text></comment>