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Originally Posted by sic1701
Thanks much, Chico. I knew of the existence and purpose of the "Dead Hand" system, but not that those SS-17s thus equipped with the broadcast equipment to relay the commands to the other silos were at Yedrovo. PM me with additional details if you'd like, as well as where I might find additional information...I'm reading a non-fiction book called "Dead Hand" now, but only a few chapters in.
When they decommissioned the silos at Whiteman, did they reconstitute and update the ERCS system elsewhere? Or are there still 8 Minuteman II at Whiteman with this?
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" With the introduction of secure communications satellites, ERCS became unnecessary and was inactivated in 1991. "
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/fac...et.asp?id=8222
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