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Keeping Presidents in the Nuclear Dark

davej · 2004-05-30 09:37:13

Minutemen nuclear missles all had their "Permissive Action Links" (password locks) set to "00000000" during the cold war... Apparently commanders were more worried about not being able to launch them then the risk of an unauthorised launch. The president and defense secretary knew nothing about it.…

30-05-2004 9:37am

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Minutemen nuclear missles all had their "Permissive Action Links" (password locks) set to "00000000" during the cold war...

Apparently commanders were more worried about not being able to launch them then the risk of an unauthorised launch.

The president and defense secretary knew nothing about it.

http://www.cdi.org/blair/permissive-action-links.cfm

davej

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#2 01-06-2004 3:07pm

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That is bloody typical..
Dangerous weapons in the hands of imbeciles.
Would it surprise you if its the same story today?

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