10 Jun
2009
10 Jun
'09
11:05 p.m.
William Donzelli wrote:
This is true. I know from experience. Even when the technology is
totally outdated, valuable information can be gained by a potential
enemy by examining the reality, and comparing it to the stories told by
the defense community at the time. If the pattern of deception can be
learned, that pattern can be used to analyze current deceptions. I
could tell you more, but...
Warren
And on
the last page, they give credit to CHM for letting them "drool
over the machinery":
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/05/tob_minuteman_1/
One has to take everything about missile tech history as if it has a
huge red flag on it. The guidance computer from the article is a real
oddball, in that it is one of the missile subsystems that somehow
managed to get out into the public. Most never did, nor any
documentation, and what little is still around is perilously close to
being lost. Was there a missile guidance computer before the Minuteman
1 machines? Maybe. Maybe not. Don't take anything as gospel.
The same is generally true for submarine tech, and of course crypto tech.