America’s nuclear forces finally drop ancient 8-inch floppy disk system

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The US military has finally ended the use of 8-inch floppy disks for coordinating the country’s nuclear forces. As of this June, the USA’s SACCS now uses a “highly secure solid state digital storage solution.”

The US Defense Department has finally ended the use of 8-inch floppy disks for coordinating the country’s nuclear forces. C4ISRNET reports that as of this June, the USA’s Strategic Automated Command and Control System has transitioned to a “highly secure solid state digital storage solution.” SACCS is one of the US nuclear force’s ways of sending messages between nuclear command centers and the field.

'The old machines had to be repaired and soldered by hand because they can’t be easily replaced' The antiquated system, which runs on an IBM / Series 1 computer, has its advantages. It’s entirely offline, for example, which cuts off a key attack vector. However, that can’t make up for the challenges of maintaining such an old system.

 

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