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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. 0cf8612b2e1e · 1789514153 · focus · HN ↗

         I have to assume that so many people require access to the specs that an interested party can surely acquire them.

         World of Tanks has repeatedly had military personnel updating the technical specifications with details they have found in the secret manuals.

         1. esseph · 1789519591 · focus · HN ↗

            > I have to assume that so many people require access to the specs that an interested party can surely acquire them.

            Those documents are often secret or top secret, or even more compartmentalized.

            There are training docs in wide use today that are not publicly findable on the internet, nor are they seemingly in the datasets of LLMs.

            I'm sure there are reasons for that, of course.

            What you're talking about would have an even higher level of obscurity and secrecy, and probably Compartmented Information access.

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