Wander00
What millennium bug was that then? A myth............
I also share you cynicism, but honestly if we had attempted to use the software post 2000, the engines might have blown up, Jags would have taken off vertically, Tornados would have grown props and Hercs and Harriers would have been seen launching into the night sky with the biggest brightest burners you have ever seen…..never to be seen again.
Seriously though it was quite simply the fact that the software used 2 digits for the date i.e. 97, 98 etc and had it rolled over to 00 it would have screwed up the lifing of the engines. Due to the programming it was impossible to introduce a 4 digit year. It was not considered or even thought of during the initial development of the software.
