The purpose of any test and evaluation program is to identify as many potential deficiencies as possible so corrective action can be taken.

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What really threatened the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, though, was a proposal to refurbish the existing Humvee light truck so that it would no longer exhibit many of the operational deficiencies that had led planners to propose a new vehicle in the first place.

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The result is a fledgling new program called the Next Generation Jammer led by the Navy, which would rectify many of the most glaring deficiencies in the current jamming system.

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But the former member of the Bank of England's rate-setting committee is more than just a provocateur: His "Alice" paper presaged many of the imperfections and deficiencies in the euro's construction that have since become abundantly apparent.

WSJ: Citi's Provocateur in Residence

After speaking with many traders with color-vision deficiencies, designers of DJ FX Trader, a foreign exchange tool offered by Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, say they made a point of using icons to supplement color.

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