HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves for its maiden sea trials.Aircraft Carrier Alliance
Popular Mechanics: Does Britain's Big New Warship Still Run Windows XP?
HMS Queen Elizabeth is impressive. Her software is not.
HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's newest vessel and the largest one ever built in the United Kingdom, is an impressive ship. Nine hundred and nineteen feet long with a crew of 1,600, the ship can carry up to 40 aircraft. Queen Elizabeth and her sister ship, Prince of Wales, will form the UK's main expeditionary force at sea, sailing into hotspots with their decks full of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
Oh, and Queen Elizabeth also runs Windows XP.
The brand new carrier left its dockyard in Rosyth for the first time on Monday, where it was assembled from subsections built all over the UK. The London-based newspaper The Guardian reported that computers running the positively ancient PC operating system were spotted on the carrier during a tour.
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WNU Editor: Maybe not .... Claims the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier is using Windows XP may not be what they seem (Wired).
More News On Reports That Britain's Newest Aircraft Carrier Is Running Its Software On Windows XP
HMS Queen Elizabeth could be vulnerable to cyber-attack -- The Guardian
Britain's new £3 billion aircraft carrier is reportedly running on Windows XP -- Business Insider
Microsoft Windows XP Spotted Aboard the UK's Newest War Ship -- Fortune
Britain's New Aircraft Carrier Reportedly Runs on Windows XP -- National Interest/Task & Purpose
