Russia says can guarantee nuclear arms Y2K-proof

MOSCOW, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The commander of Russian nuclear forces said on Wednesday the country's atomic weapons were immune to the Y2K computer problem and he guaranteed there would be no accidental millennium missile launches from Russia. Colonel-General Vladimir Yakovlev told a news conference also broadcast on the Internet that the Russian missile command system was impregnable and support systems had been successfully tested for Y2K problems. The bug may affect some computers if they mistake 2000 for 1900.

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Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), December 08, 1999

Answers

Said it before: the best way for the Ruskies to honor their pledge of "no accidental launches" is to launch them intentionally before rollover.

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-- SH (squirrel@huntr.com), December 08, 1999.

Immune? Did they say "immune"? How did they manage that?

-- Sharon (sking@drought-ridden.com), December 08, 1999.