OT: Sicherheit von US-Atomwaffen

Since the 1960s, most US nuclear weapons are supposed to have been protected against unauthorized use by coded combination-lock switches that could only be activated by someone who knew that proper sequence of characters. These switches were introduced in 1962 by Robert McNamara when he was secretary of defense to ensure control over the use of US nuclear weapons.

According to Bruce Blair, a former missile launch control officer, Strategic Air Command, which was responsible for the nuclear-armed missiles and bombers, installed the switches but set the combinations of all the locks to a string of zeros. The codes for launching US nuclear missiles apparently stayed set at 00000000 until the late 1970s. The reason? Strategic Air Command did not want there to be any problems or delays in launching the nuclear missiles caused by a more complex set of numbers.

McNamara apparently did not know that the locks he had ordered to be installed on nuclear weapons were largely worthless, and that the military with direct control of the weapons were evading official instructions for securing nuclear missiles.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IL19Df02.html

According to Bruce Blair, a former missile launch control officer,
Strategic Air Command, which was responsible for the nuclear-armed
missiles and bombers, installed the switches but set the combinations of
all the locks to a string of zeros. The codes for launching US nuclear
missiles apparently stayed set at 00000000 until the late 1970s.

Haben die dann etwas Komplexeres wie 11111111, 22222222 ... 12345678 ... installiert?

Grüße

J

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