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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dead_handDead Hand - Wikipedia

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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 ...

2. www.wired.com › 2009 › 09Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine | WIRED

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   Sep 21, 2009 · The system may no longer be a central element of Russian strategy—US-based Russian arms expert Pavel Podvig calls it now "just another cog in the machine"—but Dead Hand is still armed.

3. www.military.com › history › russias-dead-handRussia's 'Dead Hand' Is a Soviet-Built Nuclear Doomsday Device

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   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 and...

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4. www.numbers-stations.com › articles › the-sovietThe Soviet Nuclear Defense System: The Myth of the Dead Hand

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   This article describes the story about the use of the monolyth message BRONTOZAUR (БРОНТОЗАВР) and the origins of the Dead Hand (also called the Perimeter) system and its possible connections between the Buzzer and other radio networks.

5. www.rbth.com › science-and-tech › 334565-dead-hand-5Dead Hand: 5 questions about the SCARIEST Russian nuclear ...

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   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 automatic...

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6. medium.com › illumination › dead-hand-russiasDead Hand: Russia’s Doomsday Machine and Its ... - Medium

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   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. It was a...

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   What is a dead hand?

   • 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 and short-term seismic disturbances.

   Russia's 'Dead Hand' Is a Soviet-Built Nuclear Doomsday Device

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   What was the purpose of the Dead Hand system?

   • The purpose of the Dead Hand system, as described in the book of the same name, [ 8 ][ 9 ] was to maintain a second-strike capability, by ensuring that the destruction of the Soviet leadership would not have prevented the Soviet military from releasing its weapons. [ 2 ]

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   What is a dead hand retaliation system?

   • This system is called the ‘Dead Hand’. But how does it work? What is the ‘Dead Hand’? The ‘Perimeter’ system, dubbed in the United States and Europe the ‘Dead Hand’, is an automatic control system for a retaliation nuclear strike.

   Dead Hand: 5 questions about the SCARIEST Russian ... - Russia Beyond

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   Is dead hand still armed?

   • The system may no longer be a central element of Russian strategy—US-based Russian arms expert Pavel Podvig calls it now "just another cog in the machine"—but Dead Hand is still armed. To Blair, who today runs a think tank in Washington called the World Security Institute, such dismissals are unacceptable.

   Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine | WIRED

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   When was a doomsday machine invented?

   • The first mention of a doomsday machine, according to P. D. Smith, author of Doomsday Men, was on an NBC radio broadcast in February 1950, when the atomic scientist Leo Szilard described a hypothetical system of hydrogen bombs that could cover the world in radioactive dust and end all human life. "Who would want to kill everybody on earth?"

   Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine | WIRED

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   Did the Soviet Union build a doomsday machine?

   • RAZ: It was a system designed to unleash global nuclear Armageddon if Russia were attacked. Now, in 1964, that concept was a movie fantasy. What few knew until recently is that in 1984, the Soviet Union actually did build a doomsday machine of sorts. They called it Perimeter.

   Dr. Strangelove's 'Doomsday Machine': It's Real : NPR

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8. www.npr.org › 2009/09/26 › 113242681Dr. Strangelove's 'Doomsday Machine': It's Real : NPR

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   Sep 26, 2009 · It may be an eclipse or it may be a flock of geese. But they think they only have 10 minutes in order -whether to decide whether to retaliate before they're all killed.