On 1/7/24 21:20, Stephen Loosley wrote:
Supercomputer cloud services greenlit by Pentagon's innovation office BY LAUREN C. WILLIAMS SENIOR EDITOR JUNE 28, 2024 https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2024/06/pentagons-innovation-arm-greenlights-supercomputer-cloud-services/397746/Troops in the field may soon have supercomputers at their fingertips ...
No, this article is about defence researchers being able to access cloud computing services, not "troops". It is about billing for a commercial service. Hardly a revolutionary development. Previously you would get out your corporate credit card to pay. Hopefully someone has worked out how to secure the data and programs used.
... What about the pier in Gaza that was damaged by weather? That can be a great example of that. What would be the structural integrity of this particular pier? How should we build it? ...
No, you don't need cloud computing to tell you it is risky to build a floating pier, just the Wikipedia entry on the Mulberry harbour at Omaha Beach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_harbours#Storm
The US military have 14 Australian designed fast transport ships, which could be used to deliver aid to a short pier made of rubble: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spearhead-class_expeditionary_fast_transport
There are also civilian high speed ferries in Europe which could be hired. These include the former Australian warship HMAS Jervis Bay, which was made in Hobart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Jervis_Bay_(AKR_45)
-- Tom Worthington, http://www.tomw.net.au
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