The register has a nice article on "windows for warships" which is being deployed in the UK.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02..._boxes_at_sea/
Also, did anyone else hear mention of the CNN TV story that claimed that 12 F-22's heading for Japan from Hawaii had to turn back when the navigation systems for ALL 12 planes in the formation crashed hard as they crossed the international date line? The planes apparently had to follow their tanker back to base...good thing it was up there with them. Haven't seen it on CNN's web page yet...only a brief mention of it on slashdot.
Anyway, all this makes me wonder....with soldiers, airmen, and sailors putting more and more of their job on software, and of course, deadlines to get systems deployed, I wonder how the process works of testing the code that our armed forces depend on and working all the bugs out happens. It makes me curious because it opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for things to go terribly wrong...things that likely, nobody ever thought of before.
anyway, I was just wondering aloud.