THE DEPROLIFERATOR — You’ve probably heard the word redundancy in its current embodiment. To refresh your memory, it refers to the duplication of the critical components of a system, such as an airplane, to enhance its reliability. Redundancy’s rationale is obvious: The likelihood that the entire system will fail decreases as its components are duplicated, or even triplicated, in isolation from each other. Full story »
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Archive for December 18th, 2009When more is less: “Redundancy” may actually reduce nuclear securityPosted on December 18, 2009 by Russ Wellen under War & Security [ Comments: 2 ]
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