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User ID: 44686749 United Kingdom 12/11/2013 12:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For nearly 20 years, the launch code for US nuclear missiles was 00000000 You know how a military guy with a special briefcase was supposed to have followed the US president around, carrying what were allegedly the secret, continually changing codes needed to launch a nuclear attack? It might as well have been filled with shredded newspaper, as Mashable's Joe Veix puts it. That's because, according to a recently published paper about Permissive Action Links (PALs) - small security devices that prevent setting off nuclear weapons without the right code and the right authority - the "secret unlock" code for all US Minuteman nuclear missiles for almost 20 years during the Cold War was set to the jaw-droppingly simple code of eight zeros: 00000000. [ link to nakedsecurity.sophos.com] You are the CEO of your own wellness. You need to take back your health from the disease-care system |
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User ID: 51398191 United Kingdom 12/11/2013 01:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: For nearly 20 years, the launch code for US nuclear missiles was 00000000 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 44534076 United States 12/11/2013 01:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: For nearly 20 years, the launch code for US nuclear missiles was 00000000 I would have never guessed that one so it must have worked. |