The F-16 fighter has kind of a UI issue. You use the same trigger, in a different software mode, both to mark your position relative to the ground and also to fire on a target. This resulted in a pilot last month accidentally strafing a middle school in Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
Said the accident report, in a bit of understatement, “using the same trigger for both laser marking and firing the aircraft’s gun significantly increases the risk of human error and an unintentional gun discharge.”
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