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Journal Journal: US Defense using 8-inch floppys in a system that coordinates nuclear forces

The United States Government Accountability Office released a report "Federal Agencies Need to Address Aging Legacy Systems".
http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/677454.pdf

From http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/25/us-military-uses-8-inch-floppy-disks-to-coordinate-nuclear-force-operations.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_daily202

The department's outdated "Strategic Automated Command and Control System" is one of the 10 oldest information technology investments or systems detailed in the sobering GAO report, which calls for a number of federal agencies "to address aging legacy systems."

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