"I have read the terms and conditions to start a thermonuclear war."

@BloomerMindset

4 жыл бұрын

This made me chortle.

@diekimmedestiefstenlochs6281

4 жыл бұрын

Meddl

@mainmantarkin

3 жыл бұрын

George Pearson mutation what is this fallout

@BratislavMetulski

3 жыл бұрын

verdammde arschlöchaaaaa

@tomcat2285.

3 жыл бұрын

Redefines the "End User Agreement" doesn't it.

Hey guys, LockPickingLawyer here in a missle silo...

@corbin4360

4 жыл бұрын

this comment is underrated

@misy4ru3

4 жыл бұрын

in any case, that's all I have you today. If you do have any questions or comments about this...

@niccatipay

4 жыл бұрын

Launch confirmed in less than 60 seconds.

@bogdanivanenko8242

4 жыл бұрын

Click at one, nothing on two, slight click on the third aaand we got it open

@Pousti29

4 жыл бұрын

first we got to rotate those discs as far clockwise as they will go, then get the pick that Bosnian Bill and i made...

"Await further orders..." has got to be one of the most haunting, sobering things on that otherwise mundane checklist. One moment it's 3AM and you are following through a checklist you studied over and over, making sure the launch went fine, and the last reassuring thing it tells you may never happen in your lifetime.

@Daweim0

2 жыл бұрын

I think putting more steps at the end of the checklist would have been a mercy. Wish I could find the checklist online somehwere

@bc1969214

2 жыл бұрын

Await further orders, in the meantime do air samples. If no further orders when the air quality reaches this level __________ you'll need to both go to the safe and get a new codebook and follow the steps to get out.

@claytonkickflip7595

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone apart of the Manhattan project should have been lined up against a wall and shot in the head. This Cold War era shit should have been left in the Cold War. Why should a handful of world leaders have keys to the continuity of a planet that isn’t fucking theirs. /rant over

@rhysgoodman7628

2 жыл бұрын

@@claytonkickflip7595 well at least Hitler didn’t get his atomic bomb… Thank you, Britain!

@rfichokeofdestiny

2 жыл бұрын

@@rhysgoodman7628 Hitler never would have come to power if the Allies hadn’t screwed over the German people at Versailles.

Who ever knew how accurate WarGames actually was!

@LordBaldur

2 жыл бұрын

I imagine the Titan Project was already de-classified by then and that 80s system is different enough for people not to know. And to reiterate, there is no such thing as full-proof security. You can't just declassify something like that and expect spies not to tamper with it. They could toy with the butterfly valve 6 times and create a 1960s version of a denial of service attack.

@gdwnet

2 жыл бұрын

I heard a story (no idea how true it was) that the US military were deeply concerned about how accurate the start of the movie was and wanted to know just who was involved with the movie from the US military.

@abe9818

2 жыл бұрын

Whomever*

@chrisbingley

2 жыл бұрын

@@LordBaldur It isn't that different today. My father served on HMS Vanguard and it uses a similar system.

@cricketcookiewings

2 жыл бұрын

ARE YOU THAT GUY THAT REPLACES SQUARE D CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND TELLS PEOPLE THAT THERES TWO LINEUPS INSTEAD AND ONE BOX IS BLUE AND RED.

This whole process is basically... "Are you sure you want to perform this action?" "You cannot undo this, are you absolutely sure you want to perform this action?" "You will not be able to save your game after this point. If you have not saved now, save now." "Saving game (Autosave)..." "This is your final warning. All available quests and missions will be unavailable after starting the finale. Do you wish to proceed?" *_"You may potentially be immediately killed by this action. Proceed?"_* ...and the player just keeps clicking yes until shit hits the fan and he has to restart the game

@ZeHoSmusician

3 жыл бұрын

And, here, restarting the game will be like in SimCity and such, with an empty map, having to build up a civilization all over again...

@mikakeinanen8382

3 жыл бұрын

Except no restart is availble, the world dies, and in three weeks (as haha by the audience), you have to choose between suffocation or death by radiation

@broodypie2216

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikakeinanen8382 "there is no whoops switch" you mean except for all the previous 'whoops' switches?

@dedsec6072

3 жыл бұрын

Only problem is, there is no restart

@thesandvitchman1234

3 жыл бұрын

Nice profile banner lmao

*President receives email* It appears a nuclear missile was launched from another device. Was this you?

@bimmons9975

4 жыл бұрын

monster monty 😂😂😂😂😂

@bruhdo3892

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@thatreddude8796

4 жыл бұрын

*yes*

@NeedForSpeed.2004

4 жыл бұрын

*no*

@michaelskagen1

4 жыл бұрын

Trump would tweet that he wants to launch the nukes instead of using the football lol

What this man is doing, taking history and presenting it to the public, is known academically in the field of public history as “interpreting.” He is one of the finest interpreters I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching in action, in person or online.

I really like this guy. He is educating and describing the scariest and (for everyone else) the most dangerous job on the entire planet yet has the tone of an enthusiastic tour guide or that really funny and chill teacher from high school.

@MrKuemmelbrot

10 ай бұрын

Because he IS a tourguide. This isn't a military facility and military personell.

@Booneez

8 ай бұрын

​@@MrKuemmelbrotBut he was working there in the military back then when this site was an active Titan 2 launch controll site.

@bkh5746

16 сағат бұрын

Have ya ever seen a nuclear blast?does it even exist?hiroshima seems to be pretty busy place these days

"With that blast door open we're fu- we're vulnerable." Nice save.

@alessandromorelli5866

5 жыл бұрын

You don't want the video to get demonetized.

@PC4USE1

5 жыл бұрын

Of course he was going to say FUBAR LOL

@droidcommander9305

5 жыл бұрын

"With that blast door open we're *FUCKED*

@samuelhaley3822

5 жыл бұрын

Nice catch

@SquidCena

5 жыл бұрын

Restoration 100

*turns launch key* "Configuring Windows updates" "0% complete" "Do not turn off your computer"

@DBR00

4 жыл бұрын

Turns key and the Blue Screen of Death appears. :)

@seantaggart7382

3 жыл бұрын

@@NerdyNEET Me: Windows 10 is bad? *...*

@seantaggart7382

3 жыл бұрын

@@NerdyNEET Windows 10 can't be that bad It works for me!

@DankuwOs

3 жыл бұрын

haven't noticed a forced update, turned off the antivirus with registry, don't give a shit about my os selling data cause at this point who isn't, can remove bloatware, 99% of people don't give a shit about registry and task scheduler, and if you can't run something from a previous os you're either doing something wrong or there's an alternative.

@maxstone2380

3 жыл бұрын

@@NerdyNEET One of my favourite Ted Talks. 👏👏👏

There’s something telling about how these silos were only single use.

@darkmoone9984

2 жыл бұрын

Figure there would be no one really left to rearm them.

@jacobclement4481

2 жыл бұрын

It is cheaper to make another one than to go repair them.

@SumitYadav-ik2df

2 жыл бұрын

The heat produced by the missiles when launched melt down the silos to the point that in order to repair it , they would have to dig out the silo which is long as fuck so they'll have to dig for like a month and then take the whole silo apart and then rebuild the thing and then put it back in the soil and then again put all of the mud on it and then make sure it's solid. Basically you just spent twice the amount of money refitting the used silo for another use when you could've built a new one at half of the price of the repair . Soo why would they bother repairing it? Plus if the site is noticed , it's game over for it anyways, soo why would you repair a site that has been spotted already

@Zyborggian

2 жыл бұрын

I swear I've seen you around before

@thisaccountnameiscompletel8949

2 жыл бұрын

@@SumitYadav-ik2df my point was more “if these things get used, no one is coming to fix or repair them”

"Nobody wins in a nuclear war. It's only degrees of losers." That sent chills up my spine and goosebumps down m arm, holy hell

@GaiusCaligula234

2 жыл бұрын

Don't piss yourself kid

@hurricane3518

Жыл бұрын

Einstein allegedly said: "I know not with what weapons ww3 will be fought with, but ww4 will be fought with sticks and stones"

@theorangeoof926

Жыл бұрын

“I lose the least, yay.”

@joshc1981

Жыл бұрын

"How about a nice game of chess?"

@giannisupereroe2189

Жыл бұрын

@@hurricane3518Einstein was fucking wrong, because then came the machines

The fact you have to fill out a form before launching a nuke is the most military thing ever

@chickenpommes19

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta have someone responsible.

@grugg3108

3 жыл бұрын

"If you did a dumb, we know who you are and that you did it X_______"

@alwaysastray

3 жыл бұрын

DA Form 69420.

@FreeLeaks

3 жыл бұрын

*enemy guy comes in with all the knowledge needed to launch the missile* *reads that he needs to fill out the form* “Ight y’all just gimme a sec I gotta fill out the form!”

@grugg3108

3 жыл бұрын

@@FreeLeaks his partners: *h u h?!*

I can’t believe they actually launched a nuclear missile just for demonstration

@BirdManCinema

4 жыл бұрын

Solowarrior1221 bruhhh...

@aBANDIT.

4 жыл бұрын

Solowarrior1221 smol brain

@ifigi

4 жыл бұрын

Solowarrior1221 woosh

@notek_music

4 жыл бұрын

Ifigi Io WOOOOSH

@kickkick9444

4 жыл бұрын

Solowarrior1221 u have to be kidding me

“And the missile will no longer take any orders from us.” For some reason that felt super powerful to me (7:20)

@KingThrillgore

2 жыл бұрын

"Seeing the missile on its way to deliver doom fills you with determination." Well, for at least 30 minutes

@crageranimations3915

2 жыл бұрын

@THE GREAT CORNHOLIO fr fr

@bandit5875

Жыл бұрын

The fact that there’s no “emergency self destruct” feature is concerning

@christopherleubner6633

10 ай бұрын

Yup what it does when you turn the keys is ignite a pyrotechnic charge that heats a molten electrolyte battery that blows a single shot relay in the misile. The guts turn on fully when 28V is reached the umbilical blows off and the rocket launches.scary

@handymatt1970

Ай бұрын

yep & look up russia's dead hand system too

In the Air Force we maintained a communication system call SACCS. It was at every SAC command post, base, and launch facility (part of it can be seen in this video). My system was at a SAC bomber base. After the alert bombers are in the air, the base has completed its mission. We then await the command to start emergency destruction. We had a board dedicated for that with axes, sledge hammers, and such. We practiced breaking/burning up critical pieces/documents of our equipment (ironically what we worked hard to keep active) and scatter the pieces. After that we were on our own... grab a girl and go out with a bang... we were on the Soviet's first strike list. There was that one time I set the whole base to DEFCON 1. I was in the squadron job control where we dispatch communication crews 24/7. It was 3 AM (03 : 00) and I was checking out the board that had switches and lights for the DEFCON settings. I was told they turn on lights in the commanders office. Being 3 AM and in charge of quarters when the commander or a senior officer is not present, I started to turn the knobs just to see how they worked. Less than a minute later the phone lines lit up. It was the command post, the tower, and combat crew facilities calling to confirm if we really are at DEFCON 1. I can hear the base klaxon and alarms on the phone. I said, stand down, we are having trouble with the alert board, I wiggled the knobs back and forth a bit and put them back at DEFCON 4 (we were not at 5 at the time). I said how's that... relieved, they canceled the alert. Nobody told me it turned on lights in ALL of the commanders offices on base! Lucky for me they didn't get to the point to fire up the bombers.

@dishonoured

11 ай бұрын

ballsaccs

@paulromsky9527

10 ай бұрын

@@dishonoured Yeah, my colleague that was in our squadron Job Control called us "Scrotum Maintenance", every time I had to call him, he would say, "OK, Romsky... Scrotum Maintenance"... he was just razzing me, it was all in good fun.

@dishonoured

10 ай бұрын

@@paulromsky9527 haha 😂 as long as it's just for fun

@christopherleubner6633

10 ай бұрын

Damn that is terrifying

@paulromsky9527

10 ай бұрын

@@christopherleubner6633 Yes indeed! It's a fire and forget system. The worst part is, after launch, hanging around for weeks with no word from headquarters as your food runs out, then popping out the emergency exit to see what is left of the earth. On a bomber base we practiced our doomsday post bomber sorties regularly.... after the bombers launched, we were to destroy all of our equipment and classified documents... and await further instructions as radiation sickness ate us alive. We did it so often we didn't think about what we were practicing. We were strictly professional... no funnin' around was allowed during those drills.

Imagine the horror of getting far enough into the staging sequence and finding out that it's not a test.

@Halfstep2024

5 жыл бұрын

The Phone Booth of Time yea, sitting there the whole time thinking wtf another test...until the cookie matches, there would have to be a killer self doubt moment there for those two people.

@user-vt3vu4xv2l

5 жыл бұрын

@@Halfstep2024 mhm, just thinking of the fact that you're essentially carrying out the orders to potentially begin a large scale world conflict that may end up with the extinction of the entire human race, alongside other missile command groups of course.

@shadowcarthage

5 жыл бұрын

the scary thing is that they drill it every day so they are desensitized to it so when the cookies do match that's it they are turning the keys.

@user-gq1bs1kn1l

5 жыл бұрын

I would be willing to bet that none of the cookies match. All of the safety measures taken to prevent unauthorized launch, so why not implement a false safety measure to ensure that when it's time to launch the last person doesn't get cold feet. They're there to finalize 'pushing the button', not make the call.

@shadowcarthage

5 жыл бұрын

@@user-gq1bs1kn1l nah see that wouldn't make sense because then they could have an accidental launch because of a tech glitch vs them actually being ordered to really do it.

He shoulda said "wait did you just actually turn the key?!?!"

@wontcreep

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@aidanswiftofficial

3 жыл бұрын

oh my god imagine the immeasurable level of panic everyone would have

@burpostockings

3 жыл бұрын

I was honestly expecting it lmao. Old white dude humor :D

@auto1719

3 жыл бұрын

@@aidanswiftofficial they should seriously do this for some demonstrations, do a fake reaction of a nuclear warhead actually being launched. The people there for the tour would definitely have shit in their pants if it was realistic enough

@spadeney3722

3 жыл бұрын

april fools!

6:42 "There is no 'Oops' switch." That honestly sounds like a design oversight. If there's *one thing* you want to give an emergency shutoff...

@ChrisPBacon-jl7oc

2 жыл бұрын

No you dont. You want to drill this procedure into thier heads eceryday till they dont even think about it till the day its real and then they can think about it while russia goes buh bye

@dillonhonore3579

2 жыл бұрын

Also not much of a deterrent if there's a "Wait, no." switch

@ChrisPBacon-jl7oc

2 жыл бұрын

@@dillonhonore3579 superpowers be like, "lol jk xd"

@JamieVegas

2 жыл бұрын

I think that's a lie. I saw a declassified document about radio controlled explosives in the fuel tanks. There's also an "abort" switch right on the panel...

@RockstarRacc00n

2 жыл бұрын

It's possible they say that, and even tell the people that, while everyone involved knows it's not technically true, just because you don't want them getting that far thinking they can just back out. Maybe they have something that aborts it but they don't even know if it actually aborts.

This dude is an amazing character. Who knew such a scary and somber subject could be made to be so fun and exciting. Very interesting, this guy needs a raise

"This weapon is ONLY and ONLY for Mr. President" "So here's the step by step tutorial how to launch the codes"

@erwin887

3 жыл бұрын

From a installation that is half a century old.

@aierune8201

3 жыл бұрын

@@erwin887 lmao yeah. And Im sure they change it often.

@kounding

3 жыл бұрын

@Deadpoppin Wait how do you know

@sushimidnight9539

3 жыл бұрын

@@kounding because the us wouldn't just tell people how to launch A NUCLEAR FUCKING BOMB

@Theqogscast

3 жыл бұрын

@@sushimidnight9539 keep in mind the USA had there launch codes set to all 0s for a long time

I'd at least expected a reCAPTCHA. 'Select all squares with traffic signs.' Man that missile would never launch.

@jshepard152

3 жыл бұрын

TRY AGAIN

@DaGahbageMan

3 жыл бұрын

When there are none left, click Verify. So much later that the old narrator got tired and they had to hire a new one...

@pewpewcricketsalt5574

2 жыл бұрын

@I work in uh. Sanitation Look at robloxs auth now I can't even do it

@thyscott6603

2 жыл бұрын

A more military thing would be 'Select all squares with Vietcong.' and it's just a vietnam forest picture :D

@maxwellbaca3701

2 жыл бұрын

Select all squares with a mushroom cloud

I love how he looks at the camera when talking about the commander, it really makes it feel like you’re the commander.

What struck me was how banally the world can end with its codes and button pushing, but fantastic explanation of how the process operated from the tour guide.

“So uh...this won’t actually work. The missiles were removed.” *Presses button* *Missile launches* “Oh”

@SomeD00D01

5 жыл бұрын

*OH*

@Zandercraft

5 жыл бұрын

123rd like

@edwardcornell1263

5 жыл бұрын

They would restock them if needed. Meaning that the president would order them in advance.

@220p2

5 жыл бұрын

oh poop

@thomasdale12

5 жыл бұрын

"Huh, Neat."

But in Russia. “Blyat, Yuri. Do bomb thing.” “Cheeki Breeki.”

@mikko8579

4 жыл бұрын

*Yuri throws stone aginst missile* cyua we need to pepair for nukler war. Dymitry get the votga

@SasukeUchiha-tc9xx

4 жыл бұрын

MIKHAIL! Get de bares inside de siylo, we don’t want dem to go boom

@jayseven6089

4 жыл бұрын

"Cheeki Breeky, iv damke, Mikhail! misle go boom soon."

@michaelmayne6097

3 жыл бұрын

IV DAMKE

@kaiser98berlin

3 жыл бұрын

Hard BaSS plays 3 week non-stop to keep komrade strong. No food and hydration allowed.

It didn’t really hit home for me until that last klaxon went off announcing the launch. Idk why, but that was the moment that really drove the gravity of the situation home. “It’s over now. You can’t stop this anymore.”

@torment4723

14 күн бұрын

"you don't know why"? The fucking sound of it that might be why...

Strange game. The only way to win is not to play.

@TypeZeta2

Жыл бұрын

I would rather play a nice game of chess

So this is how feels like when you're using two-factor authentication.

@maxinnn1

3 жыл бұрын

old school two auth method

@nsaagentkali8984

2 жыл бұрын

Hacker here, hate to piss on your chips but 2 factor authentication is easily bypassed or hacked these days eg thru a ss7 attack on mobile networks

@afajriz5721

2 жыл бұрын

@@nsaagentkali8984 but does it increase the difficulty for the hacker to tap into my account?

@frag0638

2 жыл бұрын

@@nsaagentkali8984 kek at the username

@Ellarian_Liara

2 жыл бұрын

@@nsaagentkali8984 uh huh.

So this is the KZread algorithm's pick for random 4 year old video for this week.

@DeJayHank

5 жыл бұрын

It straight up recommended me the whole channel.. there's just random people bowling and creation of mii characters with like tens of views... wat?

@BattleSaver

5 жыл бұрын

I think our good old friend Mr KZread algorithm is finally learning

@Lassi117

5 жыл бұрын

5

@noreason2701

5 жыл бұрын

Stop saying algorithm like you're smart and know what it means. You don't. Stop. It's getting old.

@landonhuey9646

5 жыл бұрын

@@noreason2701 algorithm

I like the way this guy can talk about a very dark subject in a light hearted way. Imagine how bad it would be with a different person doing this.

The thing I like the most is that tiny little led that shows the launch has been started and can't be stopped. Its such a mundane thing with the biggest implications in human history.

It feels like he stopped for people to clap, but everyone was legitimately too terrified to react thinking about what this equipment could have done, what it represented.

@Jedislayer19

3 жыл бұрын

"I am become Death, destroyer of worlds."

@bad_pilot13official

3 жыл бұрын

Propane Enthusiast U n l e s s

@bad_pilot13official

3 жыл бұрын

@Propane Enthusiast yeah i know I was just making a joke thanks for telling though

@Mugetsu_Gaming

3 жыл бұрын

@Propane Enthusiast didn't ask.

@NateCraven318

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jedislayer19 "I suppose we all thought that one way or another..."

Commander: This is going seamlessly, only have to turn the keys... Google AI: Select all images containing a storefront.

@Lurod_

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@beezertwelvewashingbeard8703

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not a robot

@Impreza_S206

4 жыл бұрын

Select all images containing traffic lights

@weeardguy

4 жыл бұрын

Or worse: 'Windows can't disconnect Self-destruct (F:) from the USB port because it's either busy writing or still being used by an application' ...

@jakovich1364

4 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

You can tell he really is interested in this and likes what he's doing.

@entertainme7523

2 жыл бұрын

Good thing because I'm not 😂

@Alan-ii9te

Ай бұрын

Because nuclear energy, especially weapons grade plutonium and hydrogen, is the scariest shit humans have ever discovered.

i love how hes so positive and friendly while demonstrating how to launch a nuclear warhead

@Pie-ro

Жыл бұрын

One of the few occasions where the saying "Party like its the end of the world" have a meaning

@endokrin7897

Жыл бұрын

He's very happy to be there!

@rifqitaqiuddin

Жыл бұрын

@@endokrin7897 yeah, because when he was Growing up. that room could be what ended his and his parents life. imagine how Grateful you are that you are standing there now and that room has become a tourist attraction? i know i would.

"Before causing the end of the world, please enter seven passwords and click Are You Sure? Yes."

@garvindreis

5 жыл бұрын

Cliche here to verify "not a robot"

@Joe-po9xn

5 жыл бұрын

At least they're thorough. Better to make you double check and confirm that you basically want to be Satan, than to not.

@ItzRoger

5 жыл бұрын

Please check all images that include: SIGN

@tanneradams20

5 жыл бұрын

*this password is already in use*

@daffy.azazel

5 жыл бұрын

@@tanneradams20 world saved

After 30 kills I’m the one who calls the president.

@russell9378

4 жыл бұрын

25

@LittleBlacksheep1995

4 жыл бұрын

@@russell9378 not anymore sir. Not in new MW.

@russell9378

4 жыл бұрын

@@LittleBlacksheep1995 that game is so bad i snapped the disck way too many campers n hackers mw2 is the best always will be

@tribot_leader

3 жыл бұрын

@@russell9378 campaign is the best

@kingoftheneeks3623

3 жыл бұрын

@@russell9378 If you dont know how to counter campers then you're just bad. Although I do agree with you on the hacker part

"And, Commander, if that happened while your crew was on duty, you have NOT enhanced your military career!" LOL

There is somthing so cool and euphoric about the whole procedure, especially the final launch buzzer.

“There are no winners in a nuclear war, only degrees of losers.” Probably one of the darkest things I’ve ever heard.

@johnfrancis4809

3 жыл бұрын

But true

@TheEmeraldMenOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

You ever hear the motto of the Russian equivalent to the SAC? Because that’ll give that saying a run for its money. It translates as “After us, silence.”

@lolstalgic9602

3 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Mao Zedong believed population expansion was the only way he could win a nuclear war because he though the US and Russia would obliterate each other

@thunderthys2077

3 жыл бұрын

One side loses the least

@womp47

2 жыл бұрын

considering the color of the words are white, this is probably one of the lightest things I've ever read.

"Nobody wins a nuclear war" That's the truth.

@WofWca

5 жыл бұрын

W O K E

@rolfen

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing is a certitude in this world

@cresbot

5 жыл бұрын

@Erich Klein By killing thousands of innocent people.

@cresbot

5 жыл бұрын

@Erich Klein What Japan did to POWs was inexcusable, but they were military targets. Pearl Harbour was an attack on military assets. Are you aware that Korean labourers and American POWs were killed in Hiroshima? Also do you think killing labourers who are helping the war effort is excusable? Often during wartime helping the war effort becomes the only mass jobs available so people are forced into those positions, just as Japanese citizens would have been. Equating lower class Japanese citizens forced into roles of labour for wartime efforts to soldiers is disgusting. Again, im not saying what the Japanese did to POWs is excusable at all, in fact Japan is guilty of some of the most heinous war crimes the Earth has seen. Atomic weapons may have been a necessary evil to end the war but they take thousands of lives and leave cities uninhabitable for years. Its sad that countries are forced to have a nuclear arsenal purely as a deterrent now.

@bogdanpanek3481

5 жыл бұрын

The Japanese ability to wage war would be impossible without civilian labor. Civvies grow the food, make the weapons, bullets and airplanes. That makes them fair game in war.

This is the Titan Museum in Green Valley, Arizona, a launch control center with a Titan III C missile next door. The same guy was our guide when I visited ten years ago. I got to turn the key!

This guy is like Willy Wonka with the amount of enthusiasm he brings to explaining how this room was designed to bring about the end times.

@Bryophytan

11 ай бұрын

Oompa loompa didgeridoo, we've got a missile heading for you

If you ever visit this museum, pay the money for the “top to bottom” tour and see everything.

@n00byscrazycorner43

3 жыл бұрын

YES!! I am so glad I did that while I was there a while back.

@brokencassetteplayer7469

3 жыл бұрын

Where is it?

@isaiahavant6733

3 жыл бұрын

@@brokencassetteplayer7469 I wanna knownto

@godofallthingsandall

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's excellent, I did it in 2017. They had a tiny keyhole and camera near the missile head to monitor the actual warhead. Standing in at the bottom of the silo is amazing. I turned the key as well and I'm sure the presenter here was a guide.

@MTG762

3 жыл бұрын

Can people still go?

"No one wins a nuclear war, it's only the degree of losses"

@statinskill

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Once American ICBM launches, Russian defense satellites will detect these launches and then "Perimeter" will be automatically activated with a short countdown that can either be interrupted by Moscow, or they can immediately order a counterattack. Perimeter is a dead man switch system to ensure that the US are destroyed regardless whatever else happens. When Perimeter is triggered a number of special radio transponder equipped missiles will launch and fly over the entire Russian Federation broadcasting attack orders. There are other ways the launch orders will be distributed but the missiles are there as a safeguard should the enemy disrupt these other ways. RVSN, the Russian strategic missile force, they will be in their silos, authenticating their launch orders, entering their launch codes and then turning their keys and nowadays fifteen minutes and less Washington will be reduced to a radioactive fireball brighter than a thousand suns. Now that the new generation of Sarmat-2 "Satan-2" missiles are entering service with RVSN, these hypersonic warheads are unstoppable. There is a good reason that the service motto of RVSN is "Posle nas, tishina". After us, silence.

@howtogaintime739

3 жыл бұрын

@@statinskill cool

@georgeheld1901

3 жыл бұрын

statinskill Kick ass motto

@statinskill

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgeheld1901 Then you're also going to appreciate the RVSN song. The video ends on a frame with an indicator panel. The red light is "pusk nachals'ya", launch has begun. Edit forgot the link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X4lpsLiCfLfcmbQ.html

@mr.smarge550

3 жыл бұрын

And the degrees of those lost like 10000000000 degree whatever’s

The most scary or sobering part of this tour is that it was crystal clear that the humans manning that site would have launched, I had a female giving this presentation - she had commanded this site in the early 1980’s and was chillingly cold about this procedure.

@OneBiasedOpinion

14 күн бұрын

The system’s no good if the people manning it aren’t willing to use it as intended. They drilled this very scenario constantly just to ensure there would be no accidents, and if the silos WERE needed they would all be fired as fast as possible without hesitation.

This is the most elaborate Command & Conquer cutscene I’ve ever watched

They should really rig up some good speakers with fake launch sounds for when they turn the keys, and have the instructor freak out like "whoops" :-P

@TheRogueX

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah you wouldn't be able to properly fake it because a real launch would be loud as fuck and shake the shit out of that room.

@mrsynapse

5 жыл бұрын

It may be decommissioned, But we need a place to keep over 6k nukes

@SL33PINS3XY

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheRogueX dont underestimate audio heads .. You could design a bass shaker (basically a speaker with a weight instead of a cone, bolted to the floor ) to shake that floor pretty violently

@Vysair

5 жыл бұрын

@@SL33PINS3XY get JBL speaker, they are really loud and high quality.

@gyula6516

5 жыл бұрын

@@Vysair a JBL speaker.. is that all you could come up with to shake a concrete fucking bunker😂😂😂

If anyone is interested, Lebron James' wingspan is 84 inches -- just 3 inches short of being able to turn both keys.

@jogon206

5 жыл бұрын

What's that in sensible measurements?

@wowfreaker

5 жыл бұрын

In metric now?

@jflo8906

5 жыл бұрын

But Kevin Durant comes in at 89" WE GOT LIFT OF BOYS

@BillyN31

5 жыл бұрын

Craig Johnston that’s awesome. Lol

@masonkane5884

5 жыл бұрын

I think he's need a few more inches per hand. It's not really possible to turn a key with just the very tip of your finger.

depends on the silo type. but some silos fling their doors completely off to get them open faster. these are part of the MM-2/3 silo systems that are grouped up in the mid west. one silo controller controls between 6 to 12 silos

@brucestarr4438

Жыл бұрын

Atlas C missiles laid on their side. A cantilevered roof opened, the missile raised upright and then launched. Atlas D missiles were vertical in a silo, but raised out of it, before launching. Titan II launched from inside the silo. My father, a USAF Officer worked on building all of those types in the sixties.

Such an authentication procesure would make a really good escape room I think

_This is the LockPickingLawyer and what I have for you today is a double-locked Titan Missile launch box_

@theunamed9525

3 жыл бұрын

_Click out of two, three is set, nothing on four_

@majormelon8855

3 жыл бұрын

And there we go, less than 2 seconds. *Time for the other lock*

@kxrma2373

3 жыл бұрын

This lock has some SERIOUS design flaws that NEED to be fixed.

@LuBre

3 жыл бұрын

@@theunamed9525 _Nice click out of five_

@flamethrowerturtle1257

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

Great presentation. He seems like he loves his job.

@seaharrierfrs1

5 жыл бұрын

Bmused, you happen to be in almost every video I watch's comment section, It's rather strange.

@yootantonystark2738

5 жыл бұрын

@@seaharrierfrs1 and you as well. It's rather strange, some would speculate, you are stalking me. You leave me no choice but to update my stalker list. I will be forwarding this list to the respectful authority. I will see you in court sir. I bid you farewell now.

@GABEBASSMUSIC

5 жыл бұрын

@@yootantonystark2738 Damn some real drama happening here in the youtube comment section on a 5 year old video

@huntercorrales6794

5 жыл бұрын

@@GABEBASSMUSIC ikr I need popcorn

@m91473

5 жыл бұрын

he seems gay

Thanks for sharing this! It's great to see another demonstration, aside from the one Veritasium shows!

I'm here because my brother-in-law was in a silo during the Cuban Missal crises in Arkansas ... and he told me exactly the same thing this guy said...await further orders after launch... if you survive... he said you were going to get a retaliatory strike .... he was also there when the welder hit a hydraulic line... leading to an explosion when the fuel tanks on the rocket collapsed thus mixing the fuel....blew the blast door off into a field. Also the war head which of course not armed...... interesting stuff thanks for posting....

I found his performance to be very entertaining. I felt like the last few lines were very important and that the necessary weight wasn't understood. "Nobody wins in a nuclear war. There are only degrees of losers."

@Alphabet7

3 жыл бұрын

I don't understand the part where it says there's only degrees of losers what does that mean

@tsap9

3 жыл бұрын

Alphabet 7 Even if you didn’t lose as bad as the other guy you still lost. In this case not losing as bad would be getting hit by fewer nukes.

@danielorourke2542

3 жыл бұрын

The enemy can win if the nucleur bomb is not launched but delivered to the location they want to destroy. There would be no way for us to know who detonated it.

@platyhelminthes2877

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielorourke2542 Unfortunately, there is a good chance that this would result in a nuclear war regardless of not knowing who threw the first punch, so to speak. Successfully smuggling a nuclear weapon into the country and into the target location is also a somewhat implausible method for carrying out a first strike. What if the target country's intelligence services found out who the aggressor was? It would surely retaliate by launching its own nukes, and the result would yet again be nuclear war. The only plausible way to "win" at nuclear war is to launch a successful "decapitation strike", taking out the enemy government leadership (which would only delay retaliation, not prevent it), as well as every single one of their of their missile launch sites and SSBNs (which, given the reality of modern submarine warfare, is virtually impossible). Even then, you would likely still have to contend with incoming enemy aircraft carrying nuclear weapons. In the future, the most important game changer for nuclear warfare will be missile defense systems. Current day missile-based defense systems are not capable of defeating anywhere near 100% of incoming nuclear weapons, particularly when faced with MIRV-equipped warheads. High powered lasers have the potential to be used as ground and air based installations, or even as Orbital defense platforms, and could eventually provide a much more efficient and capable defense against incoming nuclear missiles and warheads.

@panikk2245

3 жыл бұрын

Well I mean if somebody launched enough nukes at once and completely destroyed the other target before they could retaliate we could theoretically win.

Meanwhile James May tries to ignite the missile with a lighter.

@mr.moto1972

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my God yes I was waiting to see this here

@JakeTheTankmaster

2 жыл бұрын

It must be damp

@proger1960

2 жыл бұрын

*SS-18 Bruh Moment*

@reezuleanu1676

2 жыл бұрын

James May bypassing the Pentagon, the trick the US military doesn't want you to know.

@maxg.-musician02

2 жыл бұрын

I think it must be damp!

This man is fucking excellent and enthralling. Give that dude a raise

I got to turn one of the keys on orders from the tour guide on a visit to the Titan Missle Silo (the museum here) when I was like 10. The whole experience was surreal, and only when I was in high school did I fully understood what turning that key would do back when it was active.

Last item on checklist “Await further orders.” God damn that’s real. Scary

@firepower01

4 жыл бұрын

Cue Fallout 3 intro sequence.

@driedink

3 жыл бұрын

cue fallout 76 intro

@driedink

3 жыл бұрын

But yeah, that is fucking scary. "As soon as you turn that key might as say hello World War 3 because there is no going back" "Nobody wins in a nuclear war." The guy is completely right but damn how he managed to live knowing that and knowing that people are going to go through the same situation takes some real gut

@Cousin-Eddy

3 жыл бұрын

The US has an airborne command network that is supposed to take over and issue orders. Besides that the radiation from nuclear weapons reaches safeish levels after two days and is considered all clear after 2 weeks.

@bl00dlikewayne

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cousin-Eddy I heard somewhere that it depends on if it detonates when it hits the ground or if it detonates in the air before it hits the ground. I believe it was air detonation that was what made the radiation go away quickly, an example used was how Nagasaki and Hiroshima are habitable today unlike Chernobyl (which wasnt nuked but might as well have been seeing as how nuclear reactors exploded) which wont habitable for around 20,000 years (I looked that number up not my own info) and I believe that the nuclear reactors exploding was the equivalent of a ground detonated bomb.

Warfare has evolved to the point that 2 grandma's in a bunker can wreak more destruction then all the armys of Napoleon, Achilles, and Stalin combined... What crazy timeline we live in.

@OpRaven-62

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, 2 grandmas

@jonzo22

3 жыл бұрын

and this was filmed like a hundred years ago

@VRichardsn

3 жыл бұрын

Stalin had nukes, though.

@LordSniggles

3 жыл бұрын

@@VRichardsn Good point. Stalin had the power of nukes AND babushkas, no wonder everyone feared him.

@jenniferjuniper97

3 жыл бұрын

don't underestimate grandmas

Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.

I come back to this video time and again. Its fascinating and horrifying at the same time.

"nobody wins a nuclear war" >Switzerland entered the server

@jeredgarcia6227

5 жыл бұрын

>Switzerland has joined spectators mode

@pizzaface117

5 жыл бұрын

>Also Switzerland: blows itself up to prevent invasion from post-nuclear bears and eagles

@bluewuppo

5 жыл бұрын

GreekMad Lad Switzerland is a neutral nation, therefore they wouldnt be targetted

@declan3443

5 жыл бұрын

what the radiation would still drift into Switzerland

@BUMMY105

5 жыл бұрын

@@declan3443 Barely. Switzerland is mostly Mountain, therefore their entire nation is safe from any type of major radiation exposure thanks to the mountains being high enough to block the spread of the fallout. Same goes to Tibet, Nepal, Mountainous regions in Russia, the Appalachians, and any other mountainous regions across the globe.

LockPickingLawyer: Nothing on one, two is binding, click on three, and we got liftoff

@arthurdent6256

2 жыл бұрын

As you can see folks, there are a number of security flaws in the process. In any case that's all I have for you today, if you have any questions or comments I'll see you in hell.

@Nareimooncatt

2 жыл бұрын

You know Bosnian Bill will be at the other key, both with TTBBAIM's in their hands picking in tandem.

@ethanmonks3528

2 жыл бұрын

hahahhaa love it

@MrChrisco21

2 жыл бұрын

This comment is gold.

@dragade101

2 жыл бұрын

I dont think you understand how foolish you sound

Now think of all the silos (on both sides) the cold war tension and to think we never had an accidental launch... amazing

What a great presenter. Thank you for sharing this.

"We think we could probably survive down here for, eh, three to four weeks before we would start slowly suffocating to death. We've never ran that experiment so I don't know that for sure..." *extremely nervous laughter*

@gargoyles9999

2 жыл бұрын

BETTER DEAD THAN RED

@josephfrechette9916

2 жыл бұрын

Luckily if the process is slow enough they would just feel more and more tired until they died.

@jedinight235

2 жыл бұрын

@@gargoyles9999 Better red, white and blue, than dead, (in)side [a bunker], and screwed.

@manjelos

2 жыл бұрын

@@gargoyles9999 Well, there are no more reds...

@arintheseatsesh6242

2 жыл бұрын

@@manjelos yeah if you close your eyes and cover your ears and pretend China doesn't exist

"This aged well" - some guy from the future

@thegamingpadowan1867

2 жыл бұрын

“This didn’t age well” - a charred space where a person should be, from the future

@randompheidoleminor3011

2 жыл бұрын

*EXCUSEMEWAT*

@qoph1988

2 жыл бұрын

"ooga booga ook ook" -some guy from the future where we used this stuff

@abrahamsalamah5773

2 жыл бұрын

John titor

@savetrees6005

2 жыл бұрын

@B H ???

Fantastic educator, fantastic speaker, wonderful presentation 🎉

1:49 This is the LockPickingLawyer and today we will launch a nuclear ICBM.

I'd never really put much thought into silo operators. I've always wondered how much it weighed on presidents, having possession of the ability to end the world, but I never took the time to think about how the people who turn the key... manage to do it. Imagine taking this job during complete peacetime, thinking it's easy because you'll never *ever* have to actually turn that key, and then one day the speaker lights up and starts talking in numbers.

@pilot1721

3 жыл бұрын

It's an interesting thing. Like yeah maybe the president and whoever is secondncan authorise it but would you launch the nukes if it came down to it. Could you really turn a key that ends the world

@jasonjoyce7504

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, they did have surprise drills for missile crews that went exactly like that. There's a video on KZread you can easily find that's a clip from a really good documentary (Missile) that shows a launch training drill at Vandenberg AFB for a Minuteman missile crew. If the Titan creeped you out, the Minuteman will scare the hell out of you since the crew controls an entire flight of ICBMs launching within seconds of each other. What makes it more real is the Minuteman is still active. There are still US Air Force officers (missileers) sitting in silos running these drills just on the slight chance that one day the order is real.

@platyhelminthes2877

3 жыл бұрын

@@pilot1721 There were two well known false alarm incidents in Russia, one at a missile base and one aboard a nuclear submarine, where the end of the world was prevented solely by individuals who hesitated because they knew that something wasn't quite right about the situation.

@deathsheir2035

3 жыл бұрын

@@platyhelminthes2877 They also hesitated because no one in their right mind, would ever launch a world ending device.

@thelatinoguy

3 жыл бұрын

In the Star Wars comics, the guy that pulled the lever to fire the Death Star laser on Alderaan ended up killing himself from the grief of destroying billions

Is this how McDonald’s cleans the ice cream machine

@evan8654

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, apparently

@unsimplified2071

3 жыл бұрын

This is how you explain alegraba, not McDonald’s because they never fix the ice cream machine

@greekgodx6560

3 жыл бұрын

@@unsimplified2071 that's the joke lol

@noobf8783

3 жыл бұрын

I know how to actually fix the ice cream machine at mc donald

@texasapex3039

3 жыл бұрын

This is how they operate it

I loved this. Thank you for uploading. Everyone should be aware of the weight involved.

Engaging with humor. Amazing work. Only so much we can do man.

*Turns key* *Small CRT flicks on and a trackball appears from the console* "Please confirm you're not a robot"

@springbloom5940

3 жыл бұрын

Thats pretty valid. I thought of numerous ways to defeat the key sync and hold, before he stopped talking about it. Now, a smartphone and $20 of junk from Amazon will handle.

@chriskopp1361

3 жыл бұрын

"To prove you are not a self aware artificial intelligence you will need to take a captcha test"

@zethcader6478

2 жыл бұрын

@@springbloom5940 Sure, its really easy to defeat if you have the know how, even back in the day, but limiting who knows and having specially trained personal is the main security mechanism.

4:59 The way he turns to the camera and says "Commander" gave me such strong Red Alert vibes it's almost uncomfortable.

@jakelong4271

5 жыл бұрын

Oh God I still have dreams of "building ... construction complete..."

@ghettodollarstore4766

5 жыл бұрын

I still play, kirov ready commander

@WillardSimo

5 жыл бұрын

@@ghettodollarstore4766 kirov reporting

@Tech-hn4pw

5 жыл бұрын

Unable to comply, building in progress.

@carsoncase223

5 жыл бұрын

Yup. Someone else got it

I LOVE presenters like this guy

And that’s how the cookie crumbles.

I kinda like the dude’s charisma, especially considering the implications of the work he does. 5:00 “Commander, if that happened while your crew was on duty... you have not enhanced your military career.”

@TheEmeraldMenOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

Gallows humour.

@hungolungo

3 жыл бұрын

i mean, even though his job in the military is "launch an extinction missile that, on the turn of 2 keys, assures the death of all of humanity", the chances of him actually fulfilling that duty are really damn low

@gabrielpacheco8450

2 жыл бұрын

Why are people ignoring that this is a museum run by a non profit. It hasn't been an operational facility for decades. He is a tour guide.

@zebdawson3687

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielpacheco8450 why are you ignoring the fact that it’s a museum about a nuclear launch facility? You understand that the entirety of life on earth could be wiped out by those, right? I guess not, since you think it’s “just a museum” and not something that actually exists in real life and is as much or more of a threat than almost every natural disaster (or unnatural disaster) that ever could be or ever has been. Carl Sagan (someone I doubt you’ve heard of), among many others, said that nuclear weapons are the single greatest threat facing humanity: not an asteroid from space, not a volcano, or earthquake, not global flooding, or climate change. Our complete and utter annihilation lies in these facilities and all it takes is ONE person to decide to launch and 2 to follow the order, then everything you’ve ever known or would have known is gone. So, that’s hilarious that you think these don’t exist anymore despite most of the first world nations having VAST nuclear arsenals ready to launch within seconds of being given the command. Some folks are just stupid and uneducated like that, I guess. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@gabrielpacheco8450

2 жыл бұрын

@@zebdawson3687 I just want to say, wtf did I just read... I was talking about you implying that he actually works with the real thing instead of being a tour guide of a museum. "Considering the implications of the work he does" Get a grip lmao.

When it’s family game night and they say you’ll pick up the rules quick

@livewellwitheds6885

3 жыл бұрын

lmaoooo

@thiesenf

2 жыл бұрын

The rules are simple; DO NOT PLAY THE GAME... We all know that the only winning move is not to play...

@supe4701

2 жыл бұрын

@@thiesenf if you turn the keys, you get a cookie

This is how it is for me to do my work. Everything is so authenticated!

It’s crazy that it’s similar to how you start or dispatch a theme park attraction with the checklists and approvals. Then to dispatch two keys had to be turned

was half-expecting him to spook them by playing really loud noises and having the stage shake

@AlexHerlan

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, they totally need to rig up speakers/subwoofers with fake launch sounds and have the instructor go "uhhhh... Whoops"

@quack3891

5 жыл бұрын

@@AlexHerlan even better is to even have the room shake a little bit with it and a lot of vibrations

@ImpendingJoker

5 жыл бұрын

No, it was spooky enough as it was. The fact that we never have had to do it is no small feat.

@therealpanse

5 жыл бұрын

@@ImpendingJoker It's not like you didn't try...

@nathanberner7725

5 жыл бұрын

Hard part about that is that this isn't a stage. It is the actual underground complex for the titan missile

The motto for the Strategic Missile Forces (Russian) is: "После нас - тишина" ("After us - silence")

@TheRevsReturn

5 жыл бұрын

that's pretty metal ngl

@Joe-po9xn

5 жыл бұрын

That's actually really disturbing.

@kellphil76

5 жыл бұрын

That’s hardcore!!!!

@RichardPhister

5 жыл бұрын

Our founding fathers were fond of ours ventus, vertis, fortunis.... Which translates It roughly to.. "Why does my peepee comeout yellow?"

@BootlegSounds

5 жыл бұрын

that actually means same in Serbian :3

I met this guy just a few months ago. He was awesome.

This was actually fascinating. He’s a great teacher. What a process. And that final decision…I don’t know what I would do.

“The only way to win, is to not play” - Wargames

@impossabomb2146

4 жыл бұрын

"everybody looses" - DEFCON

@EvoSwatch

4 жыл бұрын

@@impossabomb2146 "Everybody dies"

@mark-1rc502

4 жыл бұрын

How about a nice game of chess

@MrNonDescript01

4 жыл бұрын

CPE1704TKS

@mainmantarkin

3 жыл бұрын

But i love playing wargames its a great movie

A lot of steps to end the world. A turn of a key , a push of a button , cancel Christmas. In fact cancel everything.

@clintonleonard5187

5 жыл бұрын

Snatch every motherfucker birthday.

@billhuber2964

5 жыл бұрын

@@clintonleonard5187 Concour mister.

@doedsstierna

5 жыл бұрын

Does cancel everything cancel itself?

@doedsstierna

5 жыл бұрын

@@monkpkey Then it is not cancel everything.

@huntercorrales6794

5 жыл бұрын

@@doedsstierna its cancel everything at that moment

Got to participate in this! Was super cool, Same guy doing the demonstration too!

Took me a while to find this video again. What a classic.

If the cartridge doesn't work, pull it out and blow on it.

@sammymichael1872

5 жыл бұрын

Erick Picard fun fact that corrodes the metal fingers inside the cartridge and pushes Debree further into it, what really solve the problem was re-inserting the cartridge and having friction do it’s job on the oxidization 😊

@flyingfloorboard4097

5 жыл бұрын

@@sammymichael1872 thanks. I always thought that breathing into them puts moisture in it

@emilianoelsing4344

5 жыл бұрын

@@sammymichael1872 r/wooooosh

@ilike0ldgames

5 жыл бұрын

Still not working, should I try the cartridge slot now?

@MilesPrower1992

5 жыл бұрын

@@sammymichael1872 yeah but it's cool

Best security they could use should be trying to uninstall McAfee from a windows installation.

@owenriggle

5 жыл бұрын

HMU

@DUNCEATRON5000

5 жыл бұрын

Jesus amen

@owenriggle

5 жыл бұрын

@@DUNCEATRON5000 you know it.

@antonhelsgaun

5 жыл бұрын

They should be able to send them though

7:10 the key operator on the right faints with a “THUD” after the guy says “you’ve now started the launch sequence”

Very good speaker & presentation. Scary how that process would be the beginning of the end…

Little known fact is that President Reagan chose the name for the latest missile system...Peacekeeper. One of the names submitted but not considered was "Worldender".

@the64bitter

5 жыл бұрын

Ooooh, I like the second one MUCH better!

@Em.P14

5 жыл бұрын

well the name fits as they where desined as a deterrent, the only thing they should do, is sit in their launch tubes untill humanidty wont need them or getts vanished an other way. They did their job well till this day, as noone wanted to missuse those rockets and actually unleash their full potential. I really hope those who sit behind the triggers never gonna be that stupid as to press them

@lmao.3661

5 жыл бұрын

They are peacekeepers

@alekxu

5 жыл бұрын

I would call it "doomsday machine"

@obsoleteprofessor2034

5 жыл бұрын

@@alekxu The fools...the mad fools! kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZK2ausmuY5rPqaw.html

Man that guy is really doing his job well. He’s a natural educator

@ghostofbungie9780

4 жыл бұрын

Jack Glossop I totally agree, it’s crazy how he’s memorized all of this, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was a vet that served under the same MOS.

@KOHF34

4 жыл бұрын

He really seems like he loves his job, too.

@Pscyclepath

4 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing with the Pershing missile system back in the 70s and 80s. Same procedures... We didn't have a butterfly valve code, but we had a PAL (Permissive Action Link) that did pretty much the same thing. WIth P1A (my system) you pushed two buttons; with PII (1984 onward) they used two keys, like this. And yes... you had to memorize all this stuff, by rote and in all combinations) before you were allowed to stand watch.

This is very interesting and the man giving the presentation is great.

I just imagine that those guys must have run drills constantly. So many times that every step is basically automatic. Alarm goes off. Crap, another drill. Ok fine, you are relaxed and confident, almost bored, you are breezing through the steps as you have hundreds of times before...and then the code on the cookie matches. To go from autopilot to absolute pants shitting terror in a fraction of a second. Kinda glad i just fixed radios when I was in, because F every single part of that cursed job.

@jaycee330

Жыл бұрын

I guarantee you drills were frequent.