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Re:Navy’s flawed technology set the USS John McCain up for d... by exabrial on Friday December 20, 2019 @04:09PM (#21847393)
I'm curious why these things are manually controlled at all. Seems like you should give it a heading and it goes that direction, self-correcting along the way.
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Re:Navy’s flawed technology set the USS John McCain up for d... by davengh on Friday December 20, 2019 @04:28PM (#21847508)
Because sometimes he "wrong" action is the right thing to do. No automated system can anticipate everything. Think the NASCAR "drive at the wreck in front of you" - by the time you get there it will have moved.

Especially on a ship that might have to spring from "situation normal" to active combat (maneuver/attack/defend all at once) without a pre-knowable trigger condition.

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