Can nuclear self destruct codes activate in silos?

[jedishrfu]

Here's another video on the nuclear deterrent force:

 

[member 656954]

the worlds nuclear weapons remain secure and under full control of their countries governments

There is one scenario where that assumption is under threat, and it's the US nuclear missiles at the U.S. Incirlik Air Base in Turkey. Snopes wrote a balanced perspective of the situation last year, and there is a small risk of them being stolen by bad actors (this news is merely to suggest the possiblity, there's no information this group were after the missiles).

Nukes are old tech and dirty too, leaving tons of radiation everywhere.

Neutron bombs were designed because of that very problem. They're not the main weapon in the arsenal though, so yeah, nuclear bombs leave a radioactive mess behind.

Nuclear war can be inevitable and can come anytime. It's not a matter of if, but when.

As the missiles age, the cost to maintain them increases so the chances of them actually working if they were fired diminishes. But even if we spend all that money, nuclear war is not inevitable. I'm more worried about climate change than nuclear war.

 

[jedishrfu]

From WarGames movie opening scene:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames

and the 414 hackers who were inspired by WarGames to create even more mischief:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/the-414s/hackers-wargames-true-story/

and this USSR mistake:

https://arstechnica.com/information...how-one-1983-exercise-nearly-triggered-wwiii/

and some historical scares including the 1979 NORAD glitch:

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/15-times-world-war-iii-nearly-started-watch.html

 

[jedishrfu]

Another article related to WarGames, the inspiration for Mathew Broderick's character:

https://web.archive.org/web/2011060...is-the-inspiration-behind-the-film-war-games/

and my last reference on the 1979 NORAD mistake:

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1756715727

 

[jake jot]

The concern should be minimised if anything, you know that we have had this ability for decades and nothing has happened so why should it in the future?

Nukes are old tech and dirty too, leaving tons of radiation everywhere. Generally unless you want total destruction with nothing left for anyone why use them? In war you still want to be able to control and run whatever territory you want to take over, you would not be able to do that if you radiated it.

Nukes heat an area and the air around it to a very high temperature which cuases a shock wave which causes most of the damage. Most developed nations have developed thermobaric weapons now which can produce the same atmospheric shockwave effect. In light of this there is no real excuse to use a nuke anymore and these days we favour more targetted strikes than just "let's blow up this whole area."

Even if you were right official governments were tired of nukes. Loose arsenals selling at black market is the present and clear danger. Have you watched the movie Peacemaker about nukes used for revenge. It's a mild one because in actual, we have thousands if not millions of victims seeking revenge (like Iraqis or others who lost their families to US intervention). In this connection, what other good flicks like Peacemaker to watch? With millions of shipping containers going to US daily, it is not far fetched to smuggle nukes. In another movie, it's in a coke or softdrink dispenser.

By the way, what happens in nuclear armed countries on blink or in the midst of civil war? Then the submarines and silos launchers would obey 2 separate power? Didn't this happen in the breakup of the soviet union?

Are there US maps showing the numbers of silos in each state? I want to know what would happen if the US become like the soviet union when it breakups into 2 (like North and South or Eastern coast/Western cost factions). Who would own more nukes?

 

[jedishrfu]

@jake jot there is no way to answer your questions in a reasonable way without rampant speculation.

It seems that we have now exhausted this topic and so it’s time to close the thread before we branch into more speculative areas.

we thank everyone who contributed here.

jedi