An interesting take-away from this article is how good military software was back in the day -- to think a system developed in the 60's was re-purposed 30 years later to track and intercept smaller objects traveling 2.5 times faster is impressive.

Once, working on military software projects were practically the ONLY programming jobs and naturally attracted the best and brightest minds. Now-a-days with decreased military R&D budgets and the rise of the software startup most developers do not even consider the stodgy military industrial complex as a career decision.