Fred J. McCall
September 17th 03, 03:06 PM
Vassil > wrote:
:It has always puzzled me how confident people are in the security locks on
:nuclear warheads. Interesting topic but unfortunately very little real
:info is available in the open literature.
And there is a reason for this. Simply note that people who know
about such things have confidence in them.
:First, I think that any typical warhead can be reverse-engineered even if
:it is destroyed (not detonated, of course :) in the process. The locks
:then, in my mind serve the purpose of delaying unauthorized use for a
:certain period of time.
A very long time.
--
"May God have mercy upon my enemies; they will need it."
-- General George S Patton, Jr.
:It has always puzzled me how confident people are in the security locks on
:nuclear warheads. Interesting topic but unfortunately very little real
:info is available in the open literature.
And there is a reason for this. Simply note that people who know
about such things have confidence in them.
:First, I think that any typical warhead can be reverse-engineered even if
:it is destroyed (not detonated, of course :) in the process. The locks
:then, in my mind serve the purpose of delaying unauthorized use for a
:certain period of time.
A very long time.
--
"May God have mercy upon my enemies; they will need it."
-- General George S Patton, Jr.