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1. 9dev · 1789509003 · focus · HN ↗

   Am I just too ignorant of Miltech, or is this that in large parts recreating Standard messaging primitives that other protocols and systems have been providing for decades already (so invented elsewhere?)

   1. esseph · 1789509678 · focus · HN ↗

      Every mil company designs unique bespoke things often with some exceptions, and even the "open systems" mostly aren't open by any stretch of the definition.

      Obscurity is part of the allure, not a repulsive factor.

      You don't want a hostile nation suddenly and easily understanding your systems.

      1. touisteur · 1789512997 · focus · HN ↗

         Asterix is an actual standard for radar data, coming from civilian radar systems. I wish it was updated somehow for 3d beam-steered (and moving) sensors, but still it covers most of the industry's needs... I keep hearing so many grumblings of replacing it (it is binary, unforgiving, quirky, very 80s...) and of course fragmentation is back in.

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