tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568915967186844196.post4592224830167215013..comments2024-03-26T14:19:33.332-07:00Comments on Bench Grass: A Technological Appendix to Postblogging Technology, June 1950: Pointing the WayErik Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728486209757153685noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568915967186844196.post-54676538155542920612020-10-10T04:16:37.032-07:002020-10-10T04:16:37.032-07:00This was the Golden Age of military automation: Cr...This was the Golden Age of military automation: Cruise missiles (like Loon, Regulus, Navajo, etc.) which required precision over immense distances, SAGE, and my favorite, the navy QH-50 DASH program. DASH crashed, a lot (about half of them were lost between IOS in 1963 and removal in 1969). Which (along with the increasing retirement of the WW2 era destroyers that served as the operating platforms) was why thy served such a short period. <br /><br />ASW seems like it would be ideal for drones: permissive environment and no EW (too easy to triangulate the jamming back to the source), but DASH proved to be too aggressive about its engineering as well. I know, the US military believing the salesmen on what was technically possible, when they should have listened to the engineers instead, what an unusual story. ChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06264355590211481637noreply@blogger.com