Battle short is still there, and still in highly sophisticated electronics systems. Not in all of them, mind you, but is in many of the critical ones. Often with a metal toggle level under a nice red protective cover, like the kind of button you might use to fire a missile.
The issues in Iraq/Afghanistan are different, though. There is no such thing as battle short in the showers, just shoddy worksmanship. A lot of the local contractors are to blame- US has the luxury of restrictive electrical codes that are enforced; the rest of the world, especially the third world, gets by with dangerous crap. And when we sub out to them... SURPRISE! I'm half surprised the photo in this article is of an american panel instead of something they just hobbled together with bits of wire and breakers on DIN rails.
