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I stumbled across this a few weeks ago. It’s an amazing systems simulator. The biggest thing I took away from it is that SAM missile crews may have one of the

I stumbled across this a few weeks ago. It’s an amazing systems simulator. The biggest thing I took away from it is that SAM missile crews may have one of the toughest jobs on the battlefield.

rightbyte 3y ago
This is a deja vu. Did you post this exact comment earlier to the same link, posted days ago? Are the timestamps messed up? It says 35 min ago for me for your post and 2h for the article.
- scoot 3y ago
  It was originally posted two days ago (click on "past" to see the original date). Mods sometimes resurface content that didn't get traction.
  - rightbyte 3y ago
    Ah ok. I got really confused.
    - dang 3y ago
      That's an artifact of HN's re-upping system. The system is described at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 and links back from there. About the timestamps, there are past explanations here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20timestamps%20re-up&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... I hope that will make sense. Sorry for the confusion—I know it's weird but the alternative turns out to be even more confusing and we've never figured out how to square that circle!
082349872349872 3y ago
> SAM missile crews may have one of the toughest jobs on the battlefield. If so, then SEAD ought to be a worthwhile investment. What are the lead times on (a) a SAM battery, and (b) a SAM operator?
- H8crilA 3y ago
  Too long on (a) - but there are workarounds that require creativity. See "FrankenSAM". Also, interceptors! Ammunition is something that always runs out either quicker or much quicker or much much quicker than anticipated when shit hits the fan. Because of that I do think we should have a lot more NASAMS constructed, packed up in storage and waiting for the next crisis, as there it's hard to run out of the AMRAAM ammo.

I stumbled across this a few weeks ago. It’s an amazing systems simulator. The biggest thing I took away from it is that SAM missile crews may have one of the toughest jobs on the battlefield.

rightbyte 3y ago

This is a deja vu. Did you post this exact comment earlier to the same link, posted days ago? Are the timestamps messed up? It says 35 min ago for me for your post and 2h for the article.

scoot 3y ago
It was originally posted two days ago (click on "past" to see the original date). Mods sometimes resurface content that didn't get traction.
- rightbyte 3y ago
  Ah ok. I got really confused.
  - dang 3y ago
    That's an artifact of HN's re-upping system. The system is described at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 and links back from there. About the timestamps, there are past explanations here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20timestamps%20re-up&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... I hope that will make sense. Sorry for the confusion—I know it's weird but the alternative turns out to be even more confusing and we've never figured out how to square that circle!

082349872349872 3y ago

> SAM missile crews may have one of the toughest jobs on the battlefield. If so, then SEAD ought to be a worthwhile investment. What are the lead times on (a) a SAM battery, and (b) a SAM operator?

H8crilA 3y ago
Too long on (a) - but there are workarounds that require creativity. See "FrankenSAM". Also, interceptors! Ammunition is something that always runs out either quicker or much quicker or much much quicker than anticipated when shit hits the fan. Because of that I do think we should have a lot more NASAMS constructed, packed up in storage and waiting for the next crisis, as there it's hard to run out of the AMRAAM ammo.