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To: John Hunt who wrote (6880)	7/21/1999 9:39:00 PM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (2) of 9818

Safe or Sorry: The "Y2K Problem" and Nuclear Weapons << At 2:25 a.m. on June 3, 1980, warning displays at U.S. nuclear command centers began showing the launch of enemy missiles. Preparations for retaliation against an apparent Soviet attack were quickly instituted: Bomber crews started their engines, Pacific Command's Airborne Command Post took flight, and Minuteman missiles were readied for launch. In the end, it was a short-lived scare. The numbers of missiles shown in the displays didn't make sense-and they kept changing. It was a false alarm. Technicians eventually traced the problem to the random failure of a 46-cent computer chip. Not one, but several nuclear command posts had been affected ... more ... >> << A 25 percent failure rate doesn't seem like much until the possible rippling effect of a single failure is considered. Failing chips can cripple subsystems, which in turn can cause partial or total failure of entire systems. Those impaired systems may cause any or all of the other systems with which they are connected to fail as well - and Pentagon systems interface with an average of 1213 other systems. >> bullatomsci.org Article by The Bulletin Of Atomic Scientists.

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