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Testing as War?

We are fighting an invincible opponent. The legions of bugs in our software far outnumber our attempts to find them all. Even the simplest of software releases, inevitably contains a 5th column of hidden pre-existing bugs or quirks that combined with our changes could strike at any time. The question we need to understand as testers is, how can we win? or at least: not lose this battle? Military examples and analogies can be useful in software testing, and not just those in reconnaissance . For example: the Millennium Challenge . This pre-gulf war 2 military exercise pitted two forces against one another, in the middle-east. In summary the modern US military was fighting a rogue element in a smaller country. The vast resources of the western power should of have faced few problems. But in fact the former US general  playing the role of the 'Rogue nation' trounced the western forces in a devastating blow that saw several warships sunk. How did the 'rogue' general do ...