Today, military secrecy occupies a similarly paradoxical position. Military systems become more effective because testing exposes weaknesses that designers can remedy. The following table summarizes this evolution from secrecy that protects the mission to secrecy that progressively protects the institution itself. Modern military secrecy protects legitimate operational information, but it also restricts the independent feedback necessary for rigorous public evaluation. The solution, however, is not to reduce legitimate military secrecy.