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Floppy disks were high-tech weapons once
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this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2023
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Doing a bit of research online, my info is slightly out of date. They used floppy disks from 1968 to 2019. In 2019, they migrated from the old 8 inch floppy to "highly secure solid-state storage". They don't specify what type of solid state storage they actually use now though.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/nuclear-weapons-floppy-disks.html
3.5" is much more solid than 8" floppies.
Fair point
I'd guess it's one of these.
The R in smart looked like an H at first. Was wondering if they made these in Maine.
"Highly secure solid-state storage"
Probably used the same encryption scheme on an SD card adapter that plugs directly into the floppy drive lol.
Like one of those old cassette tapes with a headphone cable when MP3 players first came out and cars didn't have adapters? Lol
Thanks this makes me feel (a bit) more secure...