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2011-07-21 Science & Technology

USMC Gen. "Hoss" Cartwright says DOD infotech is in the 'Stone Age'

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-07-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Oh, I wouldn't say Stone age.

More like 1998 type of setups and mentality about networks.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-07-21 11:40|| 2011-07-21 11:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Info systems can be upgraded, but C3 channels require security, redundancy and extreme robustness. Not that easy to do.

Posted by mojo 2011-07-21 11:58|| 2011-07-21 11:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Some things never change...when I went through USN electronics school back in '74-'75, I was trained on a reasonably up-to-date fire control radar that had all of its electronics (except for the microwave transmitting and receiving sections) as digital circuits on removable PC boards. Soooo...when I finished the training and went to the fleet I wound up on a destroyer that was, of course, equipped with the original mark/mod of this particular radar. Two words tell ya all you need to know - "Vacuum tubes."

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2011-07-21 16:52|| 2011-07-21 16:52|| Front Page Top

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