Wired Magazine has afascinating articleon the Day of Judgment system of rules that was built by the Soviets 25 years ago . It was design to obliterate the US no matter what come about to the USSR — and it still work today . Shiver .
The gunpoint of the scheme , he explains , was to guarantee an automatic Soviet reply to an American atomic strike . Even if the US crippled the USSR with a surprisal attack , the Soviets could still hit back . It would n’t weigh if the US mishandle up the Kremlin , took out the defence ministry , discerp the communications net , and killed everyone with stars on their shoulders . flat coat - found detector would notice that a devastating blow had been struck and a counterattack would be launch .
The proficient name was Perimeter , but some phone it Mertvaya Ruka , or Dead Hand . It was progress 25 age ago and remained a closely guard mystery .
The scary matter is that Perimeter still bring today . At least accord to Valery Yarynich , a former Soviet colonel now 72 years old . Yarynich should know , though : He worked 30 years at the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces and Soviet General Staff helping to make it .
US Officials wo n’t even like to name it , but with the Cold War over andRussia being more or less a ally , why endangerment having such a organization in place ? I really do n’t like the idea of something go wrong in a rusty 25 - class - old piece of Soviet - geological era technology .
https://gizmodo.com/russian-akula-class-attack-submarines-patrolling-us-eas-5331468
Not when it can mechanically launch anuclear approach capable of get hold of out Humanity out of the map . [ Wired ]
https://gizmodo.com/how-many-nukes-will-it-really-take-to-instantly-annihil-5348269/
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