Permissive, definitely.
"Go bang!"
"You haven't entered the code"
(typetypetypetype)
"Wrong code. Five more tries before I slag my arming system."
(typetype... typetype)
"Wrong code. Three more tries before I slag my arming system."
"REALLY?" (type...type type....type)
"Ok. Armed"
"Go bang!"
"You haven't dropped me yet."
"Well ... shit." (releases bomb)
"You dropped me. Ok." (parachutes pop out)
"Go bang!"
"I haven't reached fuze altitude yet."
"YOU POPPED PARACHUTES JUST TO TAKE LONGER TO FRUSTRATE ME!"
"Approaching fuzing height. Click" (whining and buzzing and a PFFT
fssss)
"Go bang!"
"Wait for it...."
"Oh, for god's sake...."
*
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 6:15 PM Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, I wrote:
One possible reason for having small RTGs in such a system is theelectronic
safety/security angle. Some US PALs (Permission Action Links, the
combination locks that prevent unauthorized use of nuclear weapons)
Oops, for "Permission" read "Permissive" -- for some reason I never seem
to be able to type the expansion of that acronym correctly...
Henry
