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read Daniel Ellserg's "The Doomsday Machine" summary: Remote commanders had autonomy due to concerns that centralized control could be subverted. Also, no reli
by claydavisss 8y ago
read Daniel Ellserg's "The Doomsday Machine"
summary: Remote commanders had autonomy due to concerns that centralized control could be subverted. Also, no reliable "call off the dogs" mechanism. Centralization of control of nuclear weapons came much later than the public believes.