mil spec

(idea) by bitter_engineer (6.5 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue May 30 2000 at 5:49:51

Short for military specification, which is almost always more strict than the target for consumer products. Mil spec gear can usually operate at high temperature, low temperature, under shock, in mud, under water, with a low heat signature and few radiofrequency emissions. If it can't do all of that, then it is usually designed to fail predictably.

(idea) by s_alanet (2.6 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue May 30 2000 at 6:03:38

Incidentally, all those nifty little features make mil spec stuff cost a significant amount more than normal stuff.

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