'Automatic' Nuclear Weapons ARE BIG THREAT To The World! Why Putin Accepted It? #shorts

Episode Title: 'Automatic' Nuclear Weapons ARE BIG THREAT To The World! Why Putin Accepted It? #shorts
Produced by: FactTechz
Description: Why the Soviet Union Built Its “Dead Hand” Nuclear System The main reason the Soviet Union developed the nuclear command system known as “Perimeter,” or “Dead Hand,” was to guarantee retaliation even if an enemy’s first strike destroyed the country’s leadership and normal military communications. During the Cold War, Soviet officials feared a sudden American “decapitation strike” targeting Moscow, nuclear command centres and missile-control networks. Improvements in accurate submarine-launched missiles increased this concern because missiles fired from waters near Soviet territory could arrive with very little warning. If senior leaders were killed before authorising a response, the Soviet Union’s surviving nuclear weapons might remain unused. That possibility could encourage an opponent to believe that a successful first strike was achievable. Perimeter was designed to remove that temptation. During an extreme crisis, Soviet leaders could activate the system. If communications with the national command authority were subsequently lost and evidence indicated that a nuclear attack had occurred, Perimeter could transmit launch instructions through special command missiles to surviving nuclear forces. Despite its nickname, it should not simply be described as a computer that independently destroys the world. Publicly available accounts suggest that humans remained involved in activating the system and possibly in the final authorisation process. Its exact operation remains secret, and descriptions differ. The system also had a paradoxical safety purpose. Because Soviet leaders knew retaliation could remain possible after they were killed, they would not necessarily have to launch nuclear weapons immediately after receiving an uncertain warning. They could wait for stronger confirmation, potentially reducing the danger of responding to a false alarm. Therefore, Perimeter’s central purpose was deterrence: convincing an enemy that destroying Soviet leadership could never prevent a devastating second strike. Its power came less from automatic technology than from the promise that no nuclear attack could eliminate Russia’s ability to retaliate. Subscribe to FactTechz


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