Air Force Finally Retires 8-Inch Floppies From Missile Launch Control System

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By BeauHDOct 19, 2019, 3:00 am48 pts
Five years after CBS publicized the fact that the Air Force still used eight-inch floppy disks to store data critical to operating the Air Force's intercontinental ballistic missile command, the aerial and space warfare service branch decided it was time to officially retire them. Ars Technica reports: The…

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