Ah, Japan. Technological Powerhouse, Heir to the Discipline of the Samurai...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Three Japanese naval officers who swapped pornography on their computers triggered a scandal over a possible leak of sensitive data linked to Japan's missile defence system, a newspaper said on Thursday...

The officer told police he accidentally copied the confidential data onto his computer's hard disk when copying porn from a computer belonging to a crew member from another destroyer, the Yomiuri newspaper reported.

I know it's a easy laugh, but the fact that the software for the state of art Aegis missile detection system was found to have been copied by guys who were trying to trade pornography really deserves serious mockery. The fact that there seems to be an porn-swapping ring that operates between boats should have been enough. But nooooooo, top that off with the fact that they were saving their porn on the same computers that control their anti-missile systems.

C'mon, Japan. All your cartoons and movies and comics about robots and ninjas and psychic android police men have got the whole primed to accept you as a serious peace keeper, then you pull something like this. I'm laughing, but I'm disappointed with you, Japan. You can do better.