Mvh. Kai Braathen
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>From: smirnowb@ix.netcom.com
>To: abolition-caucus@igc.apc.org
>Subject: Fwd: Y2K BUGS RE COMMERCIAL & MILITARY NUKES
>Date: søn 10. jan 1999 09:46
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>Subject: FWB: Y2K Bug and Nukes
>From: Robert Cherwink <rc@vom.com>
>Subject: Y2K Bug and Nukes
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>read this! Y2K Bug and Nukes - Two items included:
>*2000 Glitch Poses Nuclear Threat
>*The Impact of the Year 2000 Problem on Nuclear Weapons
>http://fornits.com/renegade/articles/1798.htm
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>a few excerpts to entice you:
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>Western intelligence is warning of possible nuclear "meltdown" in the former
>Soviet bloc as a result of the so-called millennium bug...
>...Russia's nuclear industry is in desperate straits. Throw in Y2K and you
>could have a giant Chernobyl on your hands...
>...In a recent circular to all American power plants, the U.S. Nuclear
>Regulatory Commission warned that "control room display systems, radiation
>monitoring and emergency response" are particularly at risk... "The Y2K
>problem is urgent because it has a fixed, non-negotiable deadline," that
>circular concluded. "This matter requires priority attention because of the
>limited time remaining to assess the magnitude of the problem."
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>* 2000 Glitch Poses Nuclear Threat, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES Nov 13, 1998
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>The dangers of a Y2K meltdown, even if restricted to a few key systems, are
>intensified by the Russian and American policy of "launch on warning." This
>policy calls for nuclear retaliation after detection of another country's
>launch of missiles, but before the adversary's warheads impact. If Y2K
>breakdowns were to produce inaccurate early-warning data, or if
>communications and command channels were to be compromised, the combination
>of hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous...
>...For all of these reasons, there should be a "safety first" approach to
>Y2K and nuclear arsenals. All the nuclear weapons states should stand-down
>nuclear operations. This approach should include taking nuclear weapons off
>alert status or de-coupling nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles. ...
>... The Y2K problem can affect every aspect of the DoE's "cradle to grave"
>nuclear program...
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>* "The Bug in the Bomb: The Impact of the Year 2000 Problem on Nuclear
>Weapons" BRITISH AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION COUNCIL Executive Summary
>(The full version should be on their website at http://www.basicint.org/ )
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>Y2K Bug and Nukes
>http://fornits.com/renegade/articles/1798.htm
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