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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. yxhuvud · 1789518496 · focus · HN ↗

            Are you not thinking about the wrong tank game? World of tanks has ancient tanks, not modern (game tank span basically end with the main battle tank making the game tank role division being made irrelevant).

            1. 0cf8612b2e1e · 1789520224 · focus · HN ↗

               Err yes. War Thunder.

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