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Hacking is a possibility. Some people have expressed concerns about the military's over-reliance on technology. You
haven't seen nothing yet. I saw 60 minutes the other day when they showcased autonomous ships and drones. These
things are so precise and efficient that they make human operators look like retards.
Many human operators ARE dumb...which is the cause behind almost all of the collisions.
Like I posted earlier, in the last 8 years the Navy has had their OWN ships hit each other twice....lol.
Many human operators ARE dumb...which is the cause behind almost all of the collisions.
The polite way of putting that is "humans are error-prone in the absence of a well-designed and rigorously implemented procedure".
An example would be the USAF in the 1950s - the accident rate was absurdly high, because the safety culture of WWII was prevalent (and the safety culture of WWII was, well, that of a shooting war), while the aircraft were suddenly jets - higher powered, more complex and less forgiving. A cultural change that enforced safety and punished process deviation was rigorously imposed from above, the pilots and other airmen hated it, but it worked.
Humans suck at risk analysis. We tend to confuse absence of bad outcomes with success.
Hacking is pretty much absurd. This is eye ball navigation. The only way it could be due to hacking was if someone was able to seize both the steering and throttle systems. That is very close to being impossible.
Even less likely than hacking the destroyer. These things have no maneuverability. I could dodge one on 10 foot sailboat in low wind. The destroyer is a ballet dancer in comparison.
If there was computer hacking, it was more likely directed at the destroyer than the merchant ship.
Cyberwar is growing, and it's a very big deal. Whoever controls the computer controls everything the computer controls.
Popular press nonsense. Most of these systems are local and have no outside access. Some may be remotely writable but if you are remotely worried about it you don't allow it or only under very stringent conditions. Protecting big systems like Amazon or Google or even a big web site is tough. Air tight protection of a throttle control system is not.
High tech failure?
Mechanical failure?
PUTIN?
CHINESE?
HORSE S--T!!!
STAY AHEAD OF THE SHIP!!!!!!
LOOK OUT THE DAMN WINDOW!!!!!
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