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Article #620547Re: 1963--nuclear weapon alarm system
From: Peter Flass
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 21:52
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 21:52
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Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote: > On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 16:43:52 -0700, Peter Flass wrote: >> >> <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: >>> In 1963, Western Union, under contract with the US Air Force, installed >>> a nationwide nuclear weapon detonation detection system. If there >>> was an attack, the airforce would be immediately notified. >>> >>> The system worked by having special sensors that would only be >>> triggered by the intense light of a nuclear weapon. Other light >>> (sunlight, lightning, etc) would not affect it. Upon receipt of >>> the blast light, the sensor would send a off signal before the blast >>> shock wave (travels slower) and destroyed the sensor and wires. >>> Areas would have multiple sensors in case one was destroyed. >>> >>> The sensors and warning system is described in the WUTR: >>> http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/telecom-archives/archives/technical/western-union-tech-review/17-1/p032.htm >>> >> >> There is a story that there is one radio station in Russia (Moscow) that >> broadcasts nothing but a continuous tone. Supposedly, if it ever stops >> broadcasting it will trigger a fail-safe launch on nukes. I read a story >> about this, but later it turned up in several factual contexts. > > I love Number Stations. No idea what their purpose is today, just loving > them. :-) > > Could put up my own station, announcing random numbers. Having some three > letter agencies wasting their time investigating. *g* A web site would be funny - just a blank screen with a constantly changing sequence of numbers. -- Pete
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