Brandon Herrera
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And I just read on the news that Poland has it and they've announced initial operability status of it.
So they're,
Because Poland has Patriot, Poland has S-300s, Poland has... Poland's super safe right now.
Oh, yeah.
They have all sorts of shit, and they're just bringing all of it in.
You get fucked up in two world wars, and you learn your lesson.
They learn real quick.
I couldn't be happier with who got it first, and I'm glad the system worked.
One of the main problems when I was working with the system is you have the contractors who want the system to work.
And they're willing to, I'm not saying all contractors, but some of them are willing to like, oh, that's not a big deal.
We'll fix that in another build.
Oh, that's not a big deal.
But the way I looked at it when I was working out there, the buck stops with me.
You wouldn't send an infantryman overseas with a rifle that doesn't work.
So why am I going to send air defenders overseas with a system that didn't work?
I was like, we may not make it perfect, but I'm going to get as close to perfect before it goes out.
And everyone I worked with at White Sands had the same mentality.
So the fact that it's out and Poland has it,
They must've worked out the kinks.
So we're getting there.