> This is obviously needed, but really it's just giving Russia a sneak peak at our top secret > early-warning system, since they aren't smart enought to build a good one themselves. Someone has been reading too many Tom Clancy Novels. reminds me of a simpsons episode...the "russia" sign in the United Nations suddenly flips and exposes "USSR"...Lenin rises from his tomb..."Must crush capitalism!"
what you said is true...no missile can be fired 'accendently'. the real problem that Y2K presents is possible 'phatom missiles' showing up on russian (or american) radars. the possibility may exist that some y2k related computer glitch causes someone on either side to believe that a first strike is underway, and therefore orders the launch of thier nukes. Perhaps as scary is the fact that all those old and decrepid russian nuclear power plants are presumably running the same out of date computer systems...
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> This is obviously needed, but really it's just giving Russia a sneak peak at our top secret > early-warning system, since they aren't smart enought to build a good one themselves. Someone has been reading too many Tom Clancy Novels. reminds me of a simpsons episode...the "russia" sign in the United Nations suddenly flips and exposes "USSR"...Lenin rises from his tomb..."Must crush capitalism!"
what you said is true...no missile can be fired 'accendently'. the real problem that Y2K presents is possible 'phatom missiles' showing up on russian (or american) radars. the possibility may exist that some y2k related computer glitch causes someone on either side to believe that a first strike is underway, and therefore orders the launch of thier nukes. Perhaps as scary is the fact that all those old and decrepid russian nuclear power plants are presumably running the same out of date computer systems...