Re: hi! please read this
David Crook (dcrook@commwerks.com)
Thu, 04 Feb 1999 15:06:51 -0800
At 02:44 PM 2/4/99 -0800, Ian Andrew Bell wrote:
>The name "Dead Hand" was assigned by the CIA to whom the system/strategy
>was leaked. There's no reason to believe it doesn't exist, but there's
>also no reason to worry about it in the Y2K context since A) it only
>invokes when war is declared, B) none of the missiles have default
>targets programmed into them anymore, and C) probably very few of the
>launch/firing systems, as you point out, even work.
>
Besides, most of launch systems, rockets, warheads and plutonium has been
sold for scrap on the black market anyways. So theres no problem.
Dave
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