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Article #620551Re: 1963--nuclear weapon alarm system
From: Dave Garland
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:47
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:47
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On 2/11/2018 2:30 AM, ma...@mail.com wrote: > On 2018-02-10, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> 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. >> > > Radio better, even one using Morse, you need good power to get > internet It's not easy to tell who's listening to a radio station. If you have state level resources, it's a lot easier to determine who is connecting to any particular website.
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