I don't see what the problem is... I thought everyone was in favour of launching with a minimal viable product these days.

But seriously, maybe the thing was cobbled together from a whole bunch of government workers/contractors who didn't really know what they were building. Sort of like that film, Cube. Hence the lack of finesse.

Or, maybe they wanted it to be analysed so other factions would be less wary of it. I mean, who knows.