[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Why isn’t there an app for this? /s

[loungitude]

Need to upgrade them to XP.

[Paladin2]

More likely to be code understandable by a single person and without Gigabytes and Gigabuck$ of bloat.

Software designed for the hardware generally works great.

[jpsb]

The target audience is Russa’s Putam not the US public.

[molson209]

That’s if there are any left

[DouglasKC]

Nothing wrong with old technology if it works. And if it’s not connected to the internet then someone has to exploit it the old fashioned way....send in actual people to do the dirty work.

[x1stcav]

Probably keeps them secure from being hacked.

The country’s in the best of hands.

[varmintman]

If I ever meet the guy who invented floppy disks, violence will probably ensue... Just the amount of grief those things caused me during the years when I had to deal with them.

[RegulatorCountry]

Men were sent to the moon and back many times with same, so no cause for concern if these systems have been maintained. Given the current state of things, that’s a question needing to be addressed.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Sounds like it’s a lot more secure than something connected to the Interwebs via a Microsoft product.

[2ndDivisionVet]

So the author doesn’t understand the difference between nuclear and thermonuclear and what a MIRV is?

[Corporate Democrat]

Who cares, as long as it still works. It’s not like nuclear missiles launch so often that you need a flashy UI for it.

[upchuck]

“... computers dating back to 1960s” are MUCH less reliable than computers today. I wonder what the military does for parts for their dinosaurs?

And this, “we’re safe because the computers are ancient relics and aren’t connected to the Internet,” is BS. I suspect it is more like, “we’re safe because our ancient relics CAN’T be connected to the Internet.” Few, if any, computers from the 1960s have Internet capabilities.

And, the most modern computer available today would be just as safe if not connected to the Internet. Probably more safe is it would be much more reliable and less subject to breakdown.

Bottom line is more like, “We, for whatever reason(s) have not kept up with the latest technology.”

[Cvengr]

I can hardly wait until they upgrade the rest of DoD PCs to the IBM XT with an amber monitor.

[Da Bilge Troll]

If they were really 1960’s technology, they’d be using punch cards.

[DeFault User]

Is the launch code still 0-0-0-0-0?

[WilliamofCarmichael]

emulate: Computer Science. To imitate the function of (another system), as by modifications to hardware or software that allow the imitating system to accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results as the imitated system.

The hardware is mostly very modern. A least third generation 360s -- maybe even 370s :)

I didn't see where it said that they literally are using floppy disk. Just the data originally on floppies I figure.

[Bratch]

"Shall. we. play. a. game?"

[Uri’el-2012]

America's feared nuclear missile facilities are still controlled by computers from the 1960s and floppy disks

Leslie Stahl is trying out for the part of Jane Curtin on SNL

[Organic Panic]

1960s techonology also took us to the moon. It is safe simple and secure. But I'm sure Obama will move in to FUBAR is all up.