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From a system's perspective: when you build a nuke early-warning system you don't really have any good test cases to make sure your system actually works. This
by anonu 8y ago
From a system's perspective: when you build a nuke early-warning system you don't really have any good test cases to make sure your system actually works. This guy erred on the side of caution.
- atemerev 8y agoYou have your own missiles (with dummy warheads) to check against. This is how it is usually done.
- codingdave 8y ago> This is how it is usually done. Was that typical for testing in 1983? Or is that how systems are tested today?
- VLM 8y agoSure you do, every space launch. Smaller ones happen all the time, not just the big famous missions. One launch from Cape Canaveral headed east, not over Moscow, is just another space shuttle mission or a probe headed toward Pluto or whatever. Two launches over the pacific is maybe an ASAT test. On thousand launches is WW3. Five launches... doesn't even make sense, maybe two legit ASAT tests along with three false alarms or two really poorly timed tests for unrelated launcher programs? Or most likely a terrible computer error?
- Angostura 8y agoI like the idea of cautiously launching nuclear weapons just in case.