Is the discussion about failure of a machine and men?
. All machines will fail with given demands of the environment and level of stress. The real question: Why is command (military and washington) placing men and arms that excessed their limits in harms way. if you believe that the news is about weopons failures then you believe thats the news tells the true. 
The question is about commitent of men and equipment in a war environment. What is the goals? 
what is needed to achieve the goals? 