Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: jharper%euroies.ucd.ie@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Jerry Harper) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Training keeping pace with technology? Message-ID: <9936@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 5 Oct 89 02:14:08 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Lines: 21 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Jerry Harper It has struck me over the last few months that one of the primary presuppositions of weapons designers, and one rarely mentioned here, is that operators will know how to make *effective* use of the artifacts. (And the road to Hell is paved with good presuppositions :-). Just how complete is the training within US forces concerning battlefield nuclear weapons? I remember a report of four years ago which was headlined in most UK newspapers regarding the appalling literacy levels to be found among US frontline troops in charge of missile systems? Are such statements veridical or not? With President Bush trying to get literacy back on the agenda, I'd be interested in ex-service personnel experiences with new technology. Jerry Harper {email:john_harper_ucd@eurokom.ie jharper@euroies.uucp} Artificial Intelligence Research Centre Computer Science Department University College Dublin Dublin 4. IRELAND tel: 353-1-693244 x 2484