> The windshield wipers on all Ospreys (those dank helicopter/plane things, think Ghost in the Shell) have been disabled/removed because their motors would catch fire in inaccessible places near the pilot's feet.

Well, this is not related to the main point about cyber security. If true, it's just a piece of equipment that was found to be flawed. It is a non-essential system that was made INOP.

The Osprey is a marvelous piece of engineering that is difficult to replicate by other nations.

> Every system runs on the same network. This includes radar, weapons systems, anti-air, emergency comms, in-ship cameras...

Physical network or logical network?

> The only thing preventing access to a boat's network is standing orders and the threat of punishment. You can just plug right in.

And then do what once you are in? Unless we are assuming there is zero security, this doesn't mean much. Besides, you have to be on the ship already.

I'm not saying that the systems are adequately protected, they may not (as the article states), but there's too much information missing for us to play the role of security auditors.