It's funny how when talking about Israël's wrongdoings, everything is just "allegedly". Facts already confirms genocide, but hey, they don't want to land in hot water.
I was told at university that every software system is a socio-technical system. Keeping a mental note of that fact has helped me throughout my career.
To me these type of cases has always been BS, especially since not every company gets the same treatment. Next, they should ask Tesla to give its customers the choice of the autopilot software its car runs...
The Navy says it's a one in a million event and he disagree. You concur with him based on two more events that happened decades apart. Isn't that a one in a million event?
Good luck maintaining your own infra, server, system middle war combo. It's a whole area in itself. Let the specialists do it and focus on your core business. Saying otherwise is just a lack of pragmatism.
I sense that you're writing this as if software is an end to itself as opposed to a mean. It's normal to engage with third party, especially for activities that are not part of your core business.