Did You Know? The Soviets appear to have actually built an automatic, post-nuclear attack retaliation system–just like in Dr. Strangelove! Well, not quite. This one–known as Perimeter or “Dead Hand”–was only partially automatic, not fully automatic like the one in the movie.
Oddly, they never told us about it at the time, and as someone very wise once said, “Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost if you *keep it a secret*! Why didn’t you tell the world, EH?”
Guess what! They may still have it. LEARN MORE.
I wonder if the switch also turns on the PA system with Vera Lynn singing “We’ll Meet Again”?
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