Dead Hand
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title:
Dead Hand
text:
Dead Hand, also known as Perimeter, is a Cold War–era automatic nuclear weapons control system that was constructed by the Soviet Union. The system remains in use in the post-Soviet Russian Federation. An example of fail-deadly and mutual assured destruction deterrence, it can automatically initiate the launch of the Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) by sending a pre-entered highest-authority order from the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Strategic Missile Force Management t
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description:
Cold War-era nuclear-control system used by the Soviet Union and Russia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand
date created:
2007-04-11T15:13:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T14:25:13Z
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