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At list one need to be two (or three?) to launch a Trident from a submarine. The RAF used to use a simple bicycle lock: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7097101.stm h
by runarb 13y ago
At list one need to be two (or three?) to launch a Trident from a submarine. The RAF used to use a simple bicycle lock: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7097101.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7097101.stm
That "The Bomb is actually armed by inserting a bicycle lock key into the arming switch and turning it through 90 degrees. There is no code which needs to be entered or dual key system to prevent a rogue individual from arming the Bomb." isn't something one likes to hear when its about nuclear weapons...
- arethuza 13y agoMy favourite story about the wonderfully shoestring UK nuclear weapons program (even better than the chicken heated nuclear bomb or the H-bomb that wasn't) is the fact that for quite a while the communication channel between the PM and the V-bomber fleet relied upon the AA (yes, the Automobile Association) radio network: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/in-the-event-of-a-russian-nuclear-attack-call-the-aa-710672.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/in-the-eve...