ORIGINAL: herwin
The military operates on doctrine. If the guys on both sides of you have deadly weapons, you want to be able to rely on what they will do. Friendly fire is no fun. So if the programme implements doctrine and something gets screwed up, it will get screwed up according to doctrine.
Not quite right. The military STARTS wars with Doctrine. Which last just as long as it takes the people at the "sharp end" to find out what works and what doesn't, and make changes. After the war, the changes that worked become the new "doctrine".