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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (5216)	4/3/1999 3:07:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) of 9818

U.S. Military Wages War on New Enemy: Y2K U.S. armed forces have already learned a tragic lesson about what can happen when highly computerized weaponry malfunctions or personnel fail to move fast enough to correct computer glitches. An after-action analysis blamed a computer glitch for the failure during the Persian Gulf War to shoot down the Iraqi Scud missile that slammed into the Army barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Because two computer clocks were not synchronized, the radar system computer did not communicate with the fire-control computer. The Scud attack killed 28 American soldiers, the largest single American loss in the war. Software to correct the clock problem was available but not installed. latimes.com LA TIMES - April 2, 1999 How sad and unnecessary. I didn't realize this until now. Cheryl

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