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To: ShadowAce

“Lt. Col. Jason Rossi told c4isrnet.com that it has retired the floppy disks used on its dated 1970s computer with a “highly-secure solid-state digital storage solution.””

Sounds like some millennial convinced them to use the Internet (along with GPS) for our national defense.


8 posted on 10/18/2019 7:32:19 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't te Don'tll anyone.)
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To: BobL
Sounds like some millennial convinced them to use the Internet (along with GPS) for our national defense.

We've been using the Internet (and especially GPS) for our national defense for a long time now.

45 posted on 10/18/2019 10:05:10 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. - Dwight Eisenhower, 1957)
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“along with GPS”

Actually, GPS, called Navstar, was created for national defense and was in use long before civilians got to use it.


59 posted on 10/18/2019 2:48:17 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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