Xbox and the Navy

[Sharon Jean]

A friend of mine works up at Electric Boat and sent me the following article.

Seems the Navy has actually found a way to save money

http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/09/19/navy-using-xbox-controllers-on-submarines.html

 

[SKYCHENEY]

That's awesome. Cheap, readily available replacements, and no worry about teaching the recruits how to use them.

 

[Boatsb]

The military started moving towards off-the-shelf components years ago as a cost-savings measure.

I'm sure the Chinese manufacturer for the Xbox controller will not make them vulnerable to hacking

 

[SKYCHENEY]

What they need is a button on the controllers that automatically avoids container ships.