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- The purpose of the Dead Hand system, as described in the book of the same name, 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.
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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.
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 ‘Perimeter’ system, dubbed in the United States and Europe the ‘Dead Hand’, is an automatic control system for a retaliation nuclear strike. To put it simply, if Russia’s territory is...
- Nikolai Litovkin
Sep 21, 2009 · The Soviets believed the true purpose of the "Star Wars" system was to back up a US first strike. The technology couldn't stop a massive Soviet launch, they figured, but it might...
Oct 3, 2024 · The Dead Hand system is a complex network of sensors, computers, and nuclear missiles. It is designed to monitor the electromagnetic spectrum for signs of a nuclear attack, such as the radiation emitted by a nuclear explosion.
The Soviet Union secretly plotted to create the “Dead Hand,” a system designed to launch an automatic retaliatory nuclear strike on the United States, and developed a fearsome biological warfare machine.
The related "Dead Hand" system was an automated system to determine whether Russia was under nuclear attack. Although these two systems operated in tandem, and are frequently...