"The technical name was Perimeter, but some called it Mertvaya Ruka, Dead Hand." | hapticity

25 September 2009

"The technical name was Perimeter, but some called it Mertvaya Ruka, Dead Hand."

It was built 25 years ago and remained a closely guarded secret. With the demise of the USSR, word of the system did leak out, but few people seemed to notice…. The system may no longer be a central element of Russian strategy—US-based Russian arms expert Pavel Podvig calls it now “just another cog in the machine”—but Dead Hand is still armed.

Somewhat tangential, I know, but I just couldn’t resist posting the image accompanying the article:

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Category: tactility | Tag: armageddon, Russia | Add Comment

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