On: US Nuclear Missile Silos Still Use Floppy Disks

[drill_sarge]

Weren't the launch codes set to 0000000 or something because for convenience for decades? So no need to upgrade to larger storage for this.

edit: found it http://gizmodo.com/for-20-years-the-nuclear-launch-code-at-u...

[dba7dba → drill_sarge]

Well before the launch codes were FORCED onto the generals, there were supposedly about a dozen generals who could launch nukes on their own without specific authorization from the POTUS.

Understand this was allowed initially in case POTUS was incapacitated or cut off from communication but still...

[MichaelGG → dba7dba]

You'd think they'd use an m-of-n system requiring 2 or more generals to agree.