The dangers lurking in military software production.
Armada International › Vol. 13 Nbr. 5, October 1989
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The dangers lurking in military software production.
The Dangers Lurking in Military Software Production
Viruses, Trojan Horses and Logic Bombs Virtually all modern weapons systems incorporate semi-automatic computerized sub-systems or are computer-run in a fully automatic mode in order to achieve the shortest possible reaction time. For example, the nav/attack systems of contemporary aircraft rely for many tasks on computer inputs, and combat aircraft of the latest generation can be flown only with the assistance of computers. The General Dynamics F-16C employs roughly 300 processors, while the original F-16A design of 10 years ago had only 50 processors. Actually, the number of processors is irrelevant because without the appropriate software they remain inert slices of silicon. For efficient operation the 300 processors of the F-16C require more than 230 000 lines of computer code which have to be compiled with meticulous care by a large team of programmers and engineers. Larger combat systems require considerably mor...See the full content of this document
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