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by Vecr
1116 days ago
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Dead hand was probably (though to what confidence I don't know) people in a remote mountain bunker. It's not actually any better to have the computer fire, it just provides the people information. Retaliation does not have to be instant, 40 minutes is probably good enough. |
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Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) - Second-Strike Capability : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction#Sec...
>Perfect detection
No false positives (errors) in the equipment and/or procedures that must identify a launch by the other side.
The implication of this is that an accident could lead to a full nuclear exchange.
During the Cold War there were several instances of false positives, as in the case of Stanislav Petrov[2].
[2] Stanislav Petrov : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov
[2] 1983 Soviet Nuclear False Alarm Incident : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alar...