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My favorite project in school was writing a function that would calculate the angle and speed to shoot an interceptor given the location of the battery, the spe
by checker 13y ago
My favorite project in school was writing a function that would calculate the angle and speed to shoot an interceptor given the location of the battery, the speed of the interceptor, and the location and speed of the incoming missile. If we didn't use the right mathematical methods, the calculation would take too long and the missile would cruise right by the small window.
- TeMPOraL 13y agoMath and physics seem to be much more fun when discussed in military context. I suppose it's because, unlike pretty much anything else in life, military problems have at the same time both importance (if you fail, people die / equipment gets destroyed) and a time limit (you need to make your decision fast, otherwise you fail).