what you need is a document called a "Security Classification Guide". there will be a unique version for the specific mission / command that was running the attack against the Houthi's, and there will be one for the SecDef office.
this document describes the type of information that is classified, who decides if it is not classified any more, and to some extent, the why.
'secret' means disclosure will 'damage the national security.
'top secret means disclosure will 'cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security'.
political discussions about dealing with world events is probably 'top secret', especially during the deliberation stage. operational information like 'TOT is 1pm local, 4 F18's with LGB's are inbound' is probably considered Secret until the crews return; in which case it is probably considered lower in criticality.
the F35 has standby instruments that work on DC batteries. it also has a radio that is also powered by a battery supply. probably an hour of operation without aircraft power.
no way it passed airworthiness without backup flight instruments and comm. every military aircraft for the past 50 years has this.
(oh, and the standby instrument package probably cost a couple of hundred thousand. certified for flight, of course)
Equipment of this time frame was highly reliable. The machines were expensive to purchase and very solidly built.
I would be surprised if this fleet of systems deals with a hardware failure a year. Especially if they are kept in a space with cold conditioned air.
Ask a resident of Texas, we knew Rick Perry. He was not known for his high IQ.
However, he bucled down and did an acceptable job running the DOE.
One could hope that at least some of the current cabinet will rise to the occasion.
With our supreme leader, many in 2016 thought he would rise to the occasion; perhaps behave like a statesman in foreign affairs, and to respect the office of the presidency. It did not happen then and will not happen now.
perhaps effective, but not efficient. shouldn't there be some due diligence on selecting people and departments from dismissal? some kind of measurement and analysis.
i find it very 'rich' that a crowd that would never accept firm fixed price work (we do 'agile', it has to be flexible .. we need time to explore options ...) is so down on cost plus.
'cost plus' is not infinite money. there is a budget, performance is evaluated every quarter. every increase is reviewed. the additional money has to be appropriated.
firm fixed price is how the government buys low risk. For lack of a better analogy, a waterfall development. Requirements are clear, the technology is well known. From the beginning.
cost plus is how the government buys systems that have never been made before.
Go to chapter IV.
Prior Art.