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Cake day: April 6th, 2026
  • The just in time, stock only for the figurative next day, corporate policies are partially to blame for this. There is no magical logistics fairy God mother who can hocus pocus the inertial guidance system for a ground to air interceptor.

    The leviathan deep sub contractor that makes just the component housing is probably waiting on some crazy complicated metal alloy. Meanwhile the foundry is probably waiting for some bizarre rare earth metal.

    On top of that, all of the manufacturers have such extreme cases of requisition change order whiplash that the CFO is afraid to get out of bed lest they find the newest regimen said “nah” and cut the order in half.

    To be fair, this shit has been fucked up for decades. For about a year and changed I handled inventory accounts for a missile shop. It took half a year for a mission critical piece of equipment to be repaired by a contractor. Worst part is when I did a calibration self check, the thing was still fucked.