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Dead Hand, also known as Perimeter (Russian: Система «Периметр», romanized: Sistema "Perimetr", lit. '"Perimeter" System', with the GRAU Index 15E601, Cyrillic: 15Э601), [1] is a Cold War –era automatic or semi-automatic nuclear weapons control system (similar in concept to the American AN/DRC-8 Emergency Rocket ...
Sep 21, 2009 · The technical name was Perimeter, but some called it Mertvaya Ruka, or Dead Hand. It was built 25 years ago and remained a closely guarded secret.
Mar 9, 2022 · Called "Dead Hand" in the West, the theory is that a command and control system measures communications on military frequencies, radiation levels, air pressure, heat...
- Blake Stilwell
The Dead Hand system was premised on the belief that no first strike could be so overwhelming as to prevent the Soviet Union from responding with a catastrophic second strike.
This system is called the ‘Dead Hand’. But how does it work? What is the ‘Dead Hand’? Sputnik. The ‘Perimeter’ system, dubbed in the United States and Europe the ‘Dead Hand’, is an...
- Nikolai Litovkin
Sep 22, 2009 · Twenty years after Kubrick’s film depicted the world being destroyed by a Soviet doomsday machine, the real one became operational. Nicknamed by its commanders ‘The Dead Hand’, it was a sophisticated system of sensors, communication networks and command bunkers, reinforced to withstand nuclear strikes. At its heart was a computer.
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Sep 17, 2023 · At the heart of the Soviet doomsday machine concept is the notion of “dead hand.” It was an automatic response mechanism that would launch a retaliatory nuclear strike even if national...
