From: wwm@wwmartin.net   
      
   On 9/5/24 19:05, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:40:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >   
   >> druck  wrote at 20:33 this Wednesday (GMT):   
   >>   
   >>> Our Trident nuclear subs check to see if civilisation still exists by   
   >>> tuning in to Radio 4 long wave, if they don't hear anything, they   
   >>> launch!   
   >>   
   >> That is slightly scary.   
   >   
   > Can’t decide if that is less dumb or dumber than the Doomsday Machine in   
   > “Dr Strangelove” ...   
   You want scary? It's not fictional. In 1985 the Soviet Union activated   
   what they called the "Perimeter System" aka "Dead Hand", which once   
   activated would look for signs of a nuclear strike on the "homeland",   
   and if the algorithm decided they had been attacked, would launch every   
   icbm in the arsenal, all pre-targeted. Still operational under the   
   Russian Federation.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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