How can a programmer be useful in a war?

Dehumanizer2012-06-28 19:56:42

Programming

Dehumanizer, 2012-06-28 19:56:42

The question may sound a bit silly, I'll forgive you in advance.
Of particular interest to me is whether there is a "department of programmers" in the military units / structures?
What operating systems, technologies are used by the military, what languages?
If a war suddenly happens, how can a programmer be useful to his country?
Thank you very much for your answer(s).

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ShadowHacker, 2012-06-28
@ShadowHacker

A programmer can be useful in the military-industrial complex, both in wartime and in peacetime.
But not the programmer who writes sites that open for 30 seconds every other time.
And ithappens.ru/story/3099 is better to keep away from military equipment!

Vitaly Zheltyakov, 2012-06-28
@VitaZheltyakov

From personal experience, programmers are excellent diggers, they know how to dig trenches with a bang. Apparently, the peculiarity of their character is this ...
Well, if more to the point, then programmers (good programmers) are in great demand in the engineering troops. The areas of work are different - from building information networks of spaceports to calculations in the autocad of a shed in the back of the unit.

fossdev, 2012-06-29
@fossdev

> If a war suddenly happens, how can a programmer be useful to his country?
Automatic on the neck and attack. Useful as low-grade cannon fodder.

Doktor_Gradus, 2012-06-28
@Doktor_Gradus

My military ID says "computer operator". Here, in the war, apparently, they will be sent to a computer to operate.

Wott, 2012-06-29
@Wott

the best use of a programmer in military affairs is to sculpt systems that prevent wartime

PaulOkopny, 2012-06-28
@PaulOkopny

I know people who make simulators for the military, for example.
Then, the military has a direction in scenario analysis, where you can automate and automate a lot.
Well, in the end, a bunch of things like ballistics, radar, encryption, communications ... in general, a programmer can come in handy in many places.

kafeman, 2012-06-28
@kafeman

OS - WSWS
Languages - C/C++, Perl, Python, Shell, maybe something else

sl_bug, 2012-06-29
@sl_bug

1. Hacking enemy computer systems.
2. Building an unpredictable (but still to a given target) rocket flight (so that it would be difficult to shoot down).
3. Breaking the enemy's ciphers.
4. Development of ciphers.
etc.

Nikolai Turnaviotov, 2012-06-28
@foxmuldercp

IT in the military-industrial complex is just as in demand as it is in civilian life, from accounting and planning to specific software and emulations / calculations. There are fewer computers.

lexa107, 2012-06-28
@lexa107

At our university, programmers and physicists are taken to the military commissar in the specialty of air defense.

Kiborg777, 2012-06-29
@Kiborg777

The Israeli "iron dome" system (destroys short-range missiles in flight) was created by programmers. The system, firstly, effectively protects the civilian population, and secondly, it untied the hands of the Israeli army in the fight against Palestinian terrorists - if earlier the elimination of another godfather could lead to rocket attacks on settlements with potential victims, now almost all Palestinian missiles flying at settlements are shot down in the air. The developers of the system received a special award from the Israeli government last week.

APaMazur, 2012-08-03
@APaMazur

You know, as for the OS, technologies and other things ...
As a person, until recently, somehow connected with this, I will say that this question should not be asked here and in a different form. It's just that these are things ... not something that would be top secret, but about which it is not customary to chat at every corner. People who work with this and are able to give a competent answer, as a rule, have access forms and are careful about what they say in public.
And so - our military also has its own operating systems (MSVS was mentioned, but it is not the only one of its kind and very outdated), and its information protection system, and document management systems, and development systems ... Research institutes are working on this. The guys are not running ahead of the planet at all, but everything is certified, and it is possible to work with this in case of urgent need and a real military threat from the countries that develop alternative and familiar software.
In general, a simple and reliable way to learn about this first-hand and reliable sources is to work a little in any serious office working on government orders for the military commissar. You will see everything yourself, expand it, learn a lot of new ornate obscene expressions)))

kaluzhanin, 2012-06-28
@kaluzhanin

When I served, we had 1C conscripts in accounting in high esteem. I don't see any use for them in wartime. There was also a whole information center, however, there they only printed battle sheets on a plotter. They also bought some kind of mega-cool shooting training system, where the terrorists were drawn with a projector, and it was necessary to shoot at them from modified PMs just like ducks on Dendy (and with the same accuracy, according to sensations). The regiment commander set the task for the boy alone to turn it into a counter-strike (well, so that the targets would move believably and shoot back), but for some reason it didn’t work out.

3d6, 2012-06-29
@3d6

What has everyone forgotten about drones? They are now in their infancy - but that is changing rapidly. Obviously, when you manage to create an AI of such a level that can take control of a piece of iron for 10 kilobucks, and use it with an efficiency of 0.1 from a human soldier, this will radically change the principle of warfare.

Gard, 2012-06-29
@Gard

In air defense, all areas of activity are covered by various ACS and KSA. And for a long time (at the moment, several generations of systems have changed. And this is taking into account the complete stagnation in the 90s). If the topic is interesting, you can search about KSA Field, Bastion. And about Federal State Unitary Enterprise Concern Sistemprom. After the reform of the army, civilian personnel are recruited to maintain these systems. So it is possible to service the harsh reserve army systems not during the war.

parilov, 2012-06-29
@parilov

At my military department, my programming skills came in handy when analyzing the control commands of the Central Exhibition Complex. A lot of specific, but it looks like assembler. Actually, to myself, I called it “military assembler”.

popopo, 2012-06-29
@popopo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDI0ftePCSg#t=1849s