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1996 Vintage: The Military’s “Year 2000” (Y2K) Panic

Why did the IT departments start sweating in ’96? Because they realized their missile silos were running on code written by people who thought the year 2000 was science fiction.

Part of the 36 Military Jokes: The 1996 “Digital Battlefield & Desert Chills” Edition archive. Historically Verified

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