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More on the Swedish Stealth Ship

Posted by michael on from the fnord-in-the-fjord dept.

Dr.Knackerator writes "The BBC is running a story on Sweden's new carbon fibre stealth ship, the Visby. As well as being the first stealth ship, it is controlled by 'state-of-the-art computers using a Windows NT operating system'. 'But Kockums and the Swedish Navy deny it could be sabotaged by hackers and say that even if it did they could fall back to traditional steering and navigation'." We had a previous story about this as well.

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  1. Why???? by BWJones · · Score: 5, Insightful

    it is controlled by 'state-of-the-art computers using a Windows NT operating system'. '

    First off, I am not sure I would call an NT system "state of the art". Next, I have to wonder just why folks are using a commodity platform to perform literally "mission critical" operations in a combat environment. Particularly one whose history of security is dubious at best.

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    1. Re:Why???? by shnarez · · Score: 3, Insightful
      controlled by 'state-of-the-art computers using a Windows NT operating system'
      First off, I am not sure I would call an NT system "state of the art".
      I read it as saying the COMPUTERS are top-notch state-of-the-art, but they are running some crappy OS...
  2. Not so worried about it being hacked... by Trogdorsey · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'd be more worried about it crashing

  3. Re:Coolest part... by mmaddox · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And I would argue that the submarine is the first "stealth ship."

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  4. Probably OK by W2k · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If this boat is running anything like the NT systems I used when I was in the army (the Swedish army that is) I'd say it's pretty stable and secure. Windows NT has had quite some time to mature as an operating system and has had most of its bugs fixed by now. Obviously, they won't be connecting these things to the Internet, so no need to worry about hax0rz.

    I, for one, welcome our new Swedish Navy Stealth Ship overlords.

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  5. Re:I hear that... by phayes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    However, the resin used to bind the fibers is much easier to damage & burns easily giving off noxious fumes. Damage control in case of even a minor hit is going to be lots of fun...

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