Museum of unintended consequences/Self-destructive torpedo
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D. E. Stevenson attributes this story to Nancy Leveson, "Software System Safety," STAR '93, Ontario at Darlington, Ontario. 1993.A torpedo was designed to self-destruct if it turned 180 degrees. Unfortunately for the test ship the torpedo stuck in the tube and the captain turned the ship around for port ....Although this is an unintended consequence, it is not in the category of unintended consequences cataloged here. There is no mechanism that was exploited for some benefit for which it was not intended. This is an unintended consequence of how some technology works.
