Government Accountability Office report details ‘museum-ready’ machines controlling nuclear force messaging system that are ‘obsolete’
The US military’s nuclear arsenal is controlled by computers built in the 1970s that still use 8in floppy disks.
A report into the state of the US government, released by congressional investigators, has revealed that the country is spending around $60m to maintain museum-ready computers, which many do not even know how to operate any more, as their creators retire.
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