Royal Navy Nuclear Fleet now controlled by Windows XP

Steeps · 19 Dec 2008 at 13:57

Lucky it's not vista. "Are you sure you want to fire missile? Are you really sure you want to fire missile? Do you want to check your target again?"

Sankari · 19 Dec 2008 at 14:04

Steeps said:
Lucky it's not vista. "Are you sure you want to fire missile? Are you really sure you want to fire missile? Do you want to check your target again?"

"User Account Control
Windows needs your permission to continue

If you started this action, continue."

K.C. Leblanc · 19 Dec 2008 at 14:22

I can just imagine that little paper clip asking 'It looks like you're starting a war. Do you want me to wipe France off the face of the earth?'

Craig321 · 19 Dec 2008 at 14:25

Strife212 said:
All jokes aside, even the best configured Windows PC's fall over every now and then, really wouldn't want that happening at an important time..

All computers fall over every now and then, no matter what operating system is used.

If it's for a nuclear fleet they they'll have some decent redundancy in there I would have thought.

milkinc13 · 19 Dec 2008 at 14:26

"windows updates can not find updates for nuclear warhead. new hardware may not work"

willhub · 19 Dec 2008 at 14:32

The UK defense all rests on one thing... and only one thing... MICRO$OFT WINDOW$ XP!

What would happen if they went to war with say Russia and they had Windows Vista?

Who would win?

m4cc45 · 19 Dec 2008 at 14:39

See no problems with it. It's going to be maintained to a high standard and it's a solid as any other O/S out there (when configured correctly with approved hardware).

M.

Ciphon · 19 Dec 2008 at 14:43

Insanity...

Craig321 · 19 Dec 2008 at 14:43

willhub said:
The UK defense all rests on one thing... and only one thing... MICRO$OFT WINDOW$ XP!

What would happen if they went to war with say Russia and they had Windows Vista?

Who would win?

Russia because they'd have the nukes in their superfetch cache

knowledge123 · 19 Dec 2008 at 14:50

Does this mean the US Govt. can control our subs now ? :eek:

wh4mmy · 19 Dec 2008 at 15:34

BAE have totally stripped down Windows and can barely be compaired to a destop OS anymore.

Id say more, but id lose my job etc.

Stellios · 19 Dec 2008 at 15:38

Hope they have the IE7 update to stop the hackers getting in and blowing up a country

eXor · 19 Dec 2008 at 15:46

Quick! To the bunkers!

Craig321 · 19 Dec 2008 at 15:48

knowledge123 said:
Does this mean the US Govt. can control our subs now ?

Yep, providing they tick "Allow Remote Assistance connections to this computer" in the System Properties.

Or they could install UltraVNC

Wonder if the system will run Crysis?

KNiVES · 19 Dec 2008 at 15:49

Would have thought the military used the best software engineering minds to make their own operating systems and such. If the military hardware developers and the like can make all those weapons and crafts, why can't they do the same for the interfaces?

Felix Da Housecat · 19 Dec 2008 at 15:58

K.C. Leblanc said:
I can just imagine that little paper clip asking 'It looks like you're starting a war. Do you want me to wipe France off the face of the earth?'

That made me LOL

VaderDSL · 19 Dec 2008 at 16:06

NASA use a windows 2000/XP derivative, don't think they've had many problems.

KNiVES · 19 Dec 2008 at 16:10

VaderDSL said:
NASA use a windows 2000/XP derivative, don't think they've had many problems.

'Windows has encountered an error'

kitfit1 · 19 Dec 2008 at 16:19

knowledge123 said:
Does this mean the US Govt. can control our subs now ?

Do you honestly believe that the UK government ever really has had the last say over them anyway.

geuben · 19 Dec 2008 at 16:25

I wonder what the XP system are actually in control of. Id have expected a Real time OS to be in charge of critical systems. Unless XP has been modified heavily to make it more real time.