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Writing on behalf of Sandia and the other weapon labs, Carlson warned that an overly simplistic electrical system increased the risk of a full-scale detonation during an accident: “a weapon which requires only the receipt of intelligence from the delivery system for arming will accept and respond to such intelligence whether the signals are intentional or not
Robert Gustavo
And that is why we should have hydrogen bombs attached to people rather than machines -- add a human conscience to the mix, someone who can question whether the order to vaporize a city was intentional or not, and even moral or not.
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
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