To Launch Deadly-Fast Precision Fire, Army Will Need to Turn Soldiers into Coders

[rangerrebew]

To Launch Deadly-Fast Precision Fire, Army Will Need to Turn Soldiers into Coders
 
7 Oct 2020
Military.com | By Matthew Cox

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Wednesday the service will need to man its units with software coding experts to be able to launch deadly-fast precision fires on enemy forces in the next war.

A large part of the Army's modernization effort will rely on precise algorithms to shorten the time it takes to identify enemy targets and destroy them with long-range precision fires. To make that happen, the service will need soldiers on the battlefield who can adjust software coding in the middle of a battle, McCarthy said.

The Army has launched an effort to turn existing soldiers into software developers by creating special curricula for the university level of instruction.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/07/launch-deadly-fast-precision-fire-army-will-need-turn-soldiers-coders.html

[Smokin Joe]

Not sure why the soldiers would have to write code. All the ranging and atmospheric factors, azimuth, rotation of the earth, etc. should be fill in the blank. There are rifle scopes which can make these calculations for long distance shots, and accept data from the spotter's optics to do so. I have trouble understanding why the same can't be scaled for artillery purposes.