It is also one for which history provides useful context. The Soviet version is called the Perimeter System, known in the US as the Dead Hand. It was designed for second strike capability, and is able to determine the scale of, and launch, a full nuclear strike even in the event of total decapitation of the human command elements.
It is also one for which history provides useful context. The Soviet version is called the Perimeter System, known in the US as the Dead Hand. It was designed for second strike capability, and is able to determine the scale of, and launch, a full nuclear strike even in the event of total decapitation of the human command elements.
As of 2018, it was still operational.