The Pentagon Is Still Computer Systems-Networks And Floppy Disks From The 1970s

The Hill: US nuclear emergency messaging system still uses floppy disks

The Defense Department’s system for sending emergency messages to nuclear forces is made up of aging technology that runs on a 1970s-era computer system and uses 8-inch floppy disks.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) made the finding in a broad report highlighting the billions of dollars the government spends every year to maintain largely outdated information technology (IT).

“Replacement parts for the system are difficult to find because they are now obsolete,” the report concluded.

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