U.S. Nuclear Missiles Are Still Controlled By Floppy Disks

Forget the big red button, this is how we would actually conduct nuclear war. Declassified Nuclear Films Prove We Were Wrong About Their Explosive Power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-QVPXBcxL...

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This is a Minuteman 3 Missile, capable of carrying up to three thermonuclear warheads.They range from 3-5 hundred kilotons.That’s more powerful than 6 hundred million pounds of dynamite.And this is a cutting edge computer from the early 1990s.And is used as the system processor to launch the Minuteman 3 Intercontinental ballisticmissiles.This is how we would conduct nuclear war, on eight inch floppy disks.This is an 8 inch floppy disk.It holds just under 250 kilobytes.It’s only good for text documents, a super low-res photo or a song.Right now there are over 450 Minuteman three missiles buried deep under fields in the sparselyinhabited regions of the United States.They are connected by a spider-web of thousands of miles of cables, ready to strike at topsecret ...
U.S. Nuclear Missiles Are Still Controlled By Floppy Disks
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