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What were the sailors doing hanging out around an autonomous anti-aircraft gun--weren't there any drag shows in the galley that day?
Meh...yah gotta do something to amuse yourself out on the boat...long cruises suck.
First of all, since this was the Navy, it very well could be that the "passenger 737" was actually a Navy P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft, and this was part of an exercise for the ship's CIC.
Second of all, if the CWIS was armed, sailors would not be allowed on deck at all. So the fact that the sailors were filming and joking indicates the weapon was not armed, and if that was a civilian 737 it was in no danger.
When they put weapons systems under the control of artificial intelligence does that mean that the system will operate on its own and not take orders from mere humans?
I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that.
I was part of the team at General Dynamics Pomona that built the 1st 300 of them
It is made to search, find, track, AND COMPUTE IF A THREAT, TO SHOOT IT DOWN.
Yes, it will track a questionable target, and once the target’s track goes away from the ship, to ztand down.
I actually seen the video. The Daily Mail is completely lying. The photos have been cropped to make it look like the gun was pointed at the plane, it was not.
The reason early man survived was it didn’t have technology
That ain’t good.
Weapon was not armed.
Brother in law worked at a Nike base in the early 60’s. He let me in to see the radar tracking setup. I locked onto airliners taking off from LAX. Great fun and no harm.