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Also of interest are the Nightwatch planes for use as mobile command posts in the event of a nuclear strike. They are able to trail a 5 mile long cable to act a

• danbruc 3y ago
  Also the Emergency Rocket Communication System [1], ICBMs with 1 kW UHF transmitters instead of warheads to broadcast prerecorded messages of up to 90 seconds in case other means of communication became unavailable. This one would however not reach submerged submarines. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/DRC-8_Emergency_Rocket_Communications_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/DRC-8_Emergency_Rocket_Comm...
  • walrus01 3y ago
    The ultimate low tech fallback from the UK, noone knows exactly what they say but there's lots of educated theories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_last_resort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_last_resort Maybe "if you definitively learn that the Russians nuked London and WA DC, nuke the Russians" One also must wonder what the submarine commanders thought of receiving new letters from the new Prime Minister after only 44 day of Liz Truss. If she even had time to write the letters and give them to the MOD.
• teh_klev 3y ago
  The Tupolev Tu-142 Bear J (a variant of the TU-95) also has this capability: https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/tu-95-variants.htm https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/tu-95-varian... The BBC like to get all excited about these aircraft when they do a fly past in international airspace: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-51789577 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-she...
• jdougan 3y ago
  The Soviet/Russian Perimeter (aka Dead Hand) second-strike system uses rockets with transmitters flying cross-country to alert the Russian missile fields in case of a decapitation strike. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand