When the military comes forward and admits that they have discovered a problem in a premier weapons system, then the problem is very serious indeed.
The military is notorious for covering up defects in various weapons systems, such as the Osprey plane/helicopter hybrid (crashes), the Bradley fighting vehicle (early armor problems), the F-16 Fighting Falcon (engine failures early on), the Patriot missile (didn't hit incoming missiles or accidently shot down allied aircraft), the failure of several subsystems on the B-1 bomber when it underwent a conversion from a nuclear bomber to a conventional bomber in 1993, the problems with the brand-new Stryker fighting vehicle (armor problems), and other issues that the military was reluctant to share with Congress or with the American public.
For them to come forward on the problem with the Hornet's braking system is nothing short of extraordinary. Here's the story. Now that they've identified a potentially fatal hazard, they need to fix the problem on every F/A-18 currently in use or being built.
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