This slate article, I believe, is wrong. No matter how much you believe in the US form of government, don't believe them.
I don't believe this one bit. I don't believe that each of these programs, the SM-3 missile or Aegis, would put anything on their ship in 3 weeks. Maybe, to discuss the need to make the changes, but not to create, debug, integrate and install that stuff. It's as if you had to write your PhD thesis in the last week of your program, and then present it to the board immediately after.
Three weeks is not enough time.
Here's a better explanation.
Last year, China shoots down a satellite. From here on out with the ballistic missile defense is now geared to shooting down a satellite ourselves. So its one year from the changes to now. A much better timeline for how the navy and its defense contractors work.
Those changes were available last year. It took them three weeks to figure out what to shoot down.
Trust no one.
The truth is out there.
To account for this difference, the three SM-3's needed new software, hardware, and sensors, and the launching systems had to be given new sensors and software updates. The bulk of this task would have been assigned to high-priced contractors—like Raytheon, the maker of the missile, or Lockheed Martin, maker of the Aegis system. And it would have taken a large crew of engineers to rewrite the code, debug it, and test it over and over again—all within three weeks.
I don't believe this one bit. I don't believe that each of these programs, the SM-3 missile or Aegis, would put anything on their ship in 3 weeks. Maybe, to discuss the need to make the changes, but not to create, debug, integrate and install that stuff. It's as if you had to write your PhD thesis in the last week of your program, and then present it to the board immediately after.
Three weeks is not enough time.
Here's a better explanation.
Last year, China shoots down a satellite. From here on out with the ballistic missile defense is now geared to shooting down a satellite ourselves. So its one year from the changes to now. A much better timeline for how the navy and its defense contractors work.
Those changes were available last year. It took them three weeks to figure out what to shoot down.
Trust no one.
The truth is out there.
Labels: software development, The X-Files, thoughts
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