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Our Looking Glass aircraft(EC-135C) flew 24x7 for many years with 2 launch officers. They could launch the minuteman missiles from the air and didn't require NC
by vaadu 13y ago
Our Looking Glass aircraft(EC-135C) flew 24x7 for many years with 2 launch officers. They could launch the minuteman missiles from the air and didn't require NCA approval. It also could contact the subs via LF/VLF and tell them to launch.
Their mission assumed DC and SAC HQ were already taken out.
- arethuza 13y agoSounds very like the UK Trident submarines which couldn't be dependent upon explicit authorization from a central authority. In a very British way, our ultimate deterrent relies on hand written letters from the serving PM carried by each sub: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_last_resort http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_last_resort