Software bug resulted in 100 injured with 28 dead (2000)(www-users.cse.umn.edu) |
Software bug resulted in 100 injured with 28 dead (2000)(www-users.cse.umn.edu) |
A war between the two countries caused the death
Also the bug was known, and more of a limitation that required the system to be power cycled (and this unit wasn't).
All that is to say, the Iraqi guard killed those soldiers. Failing to intercept a missile doesn’t mean the software killed those people. It just failed to save them which is not the same as, let’s say, the infamous Therac-25 problem that irradiated 6 people very seriously.