Military potentials of different countries

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.


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"May God have mercy upon my enemies; they will need it."
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