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(Amazing actors' performance included.)
[1] (https://github.com/simonswain/deepspace) [2] (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8837204)
Yikes! Is this realistic? There seems to be a doctrine that ICBMs will only be launched upon receiving a complete nuclear strike, and once that happens it's pretty much game over. This makes fighter jets a critical buffer because the only way a defense can prevent mutually assured destruction is to prevent non-ICBM first strikes.
It's fallen into abandonware hell, so you can't buy a copy at GOG or anything like that, but cough I'm sure you could find a copy if you looked on the right sites.
Can you give an explanation about what each type of unit does?
- circle: city
- triangle: factory
- square: military base
- big plane: bomber
- little plane: fighter
- things with rocket trails: ICBMs
- floaty diamond things: satellites (which shoot down ICBMs)
For "authorized" advice, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2v0YuDatpc (Declassified USAF training material, 1958), alternate source: https://archive.org/details/AirForceSpecialFilmProject416pow... (Amazing actors' performance included.)
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sage+computer
This thing was off the hook...
Can you give an explanation about what each type of unit does?
Seems like: - circle: city - triangle: factory - square: military base - big plane: bomber - little plane: fighter - things with rocket trails: ICBMs - floaty diamond things: satellites (which shoot down ICBMs) The square in the middle of each team represents the current defcon. Assuming you start at defcon 5, when an enemy unit crosses the big blinking circle, drop to defcon 4. When a unit crosses the next blinking…
The dust coming up out of the bases (and to a limited amount, the other assets) are ABMs, trying to take out incoming ICBMs.
Goes to Defcon 2 on enemy bombers reaching city limits (the radius Cities and Bases are at).
For "authorized" advice, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2v0YuDatpc (Declassified USAF training material, 1958), alternate source: https://archive.org/details/AirForceSpecialFilmProject416pow... (Amazing actors' performance included.)
SAGE is the inspiration for this... https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sage+computer This thing was off the hook...
(Edit: Similar just intention-wise, else much simpler, since just in ASCII, meant to be EBCDIC.)
BTW: "System Technology" (SDC, 1960) is also an impressive source in this context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqu3YX2cLA8
For "authorized" advice, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2v0YuDatpc (Declassified USAF training material, 1958), alternate source: https://archive.org/details/AirForceSpecialFilmProject416pow... (Amazing actors' performance included.)