Why nuclear payload carrying fighters and bombers are hardwired
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You need the necessary electronic components to enter the activation codes for the nukes. These components are the "hardwiring".
Thanks, but I need some link or something more on it, which I can not find anywhere.....
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Are you sure they aren't referring to the hardening/insulating of the aircraft's electrical components to provide protection from the Electromagnetic Pulse caused by a nuclear explosion?You need the necessary electronic components to enter the activation codes for the nukes. These components are the "hardwiring".
No. What happens to the aircraft after release generally isn't considered important.
Nuclear carrier aircraft need to be equipped with the necessary keypads and other electronics to release the auto-inertion mechanisms built into nuclear bombs as safety measures before dropping them.
Nuclear carrier aircraft need to be equipped with the necessary keypads and other electronics to release the auto-inertion mechanisms built into nuclear bombs as safety measures before dropping them.
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NO.Are you sure they aren't referring to the hardening/insulating of the aircraft's electrical components to provide protection from the Electromagnetic Pulse caused by a nuclear explosion?
When Hiroshama and Nagasaki were toasted, nothing as such happened. Because there was no such technology available to harden aircrafts wirings and electrical systems.
I am talking of Enola guy....
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I do not know for sure what hard wired means in this case but from lesions learned after the Cuban Missile Crises both the US and the USSR greatly increased the safety features of their nuclear weapons. What I mean by safety is in this case, is the absolute control of the detonation of all nuclear warheads. That nuclear warheads are absolutely controlled solely and completely by means of Fully Authorized National Authority. I some cases, for a nuclear warhead to detonate, a coded single originating from outside the platform must be received externally from that platform, and then entered into the firing sequence before the warhead can successfully detonate. The signal is in some cases called, The Pre-Armed-Permissive. This signal arrives at the warhead through a completely independent communication channel that the operator of the platform has no access to and cannot tamper with and all normal service personal for that platform has no documentation on what it dose or how it dose it. Interestingly enough the weapon can be successfully lunched and travel to its target as in a real attack but the warhead dose not explode. This is what I believe is meant by hard wiring for nuclear weapons.NO.
When Hiroshama and Nagasaki were toasted, nothing as such happened. Because there was no such technology available to harden aircrafts wirings and electrical systems.
I am talking of Enola guy....
Patrick79x
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Cool, thanks for the information. I didn't know such a thing existed, but it certainly makes sense and I'm glad that it does!No. What happens to the aircraft after release generally isn't considered important.
Nuclear carrier aircraft need to be equipped with the necessary keypads and other electronics to release the auto-inertion mechanisms built into nuclear bombs as safety measures before dropping them.
hard-wired
adj
1. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) (of a circuit or instruction) permanently wired into a computer, replacing separate software
2. (Psychology) (of human behaviour) innate; not learned humans have a hard-wired ability for acquiring language
Perhaps it's as simple as one of these?
The question is which one applies to the mission?
adj
1. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) (of a circuit or instruction) permanently wired into a computer, replacing separate software
2. (Psychology) (of human behaviour) innate; not learned humans have a hard-wired ability for acquiring language
Perhaps it's as simple as one of these?
The question is which one applies to the mission?
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Cool, thanks for the information. I didn't know such a thing existed, but it certainly makes sense and I'm glad that it does!
During Cuban crisis, Kennedy felt that he would be unable to make and communicate a nuclear attack decision unless he was at a location hardwired to the Pentagon. The result of these concerns was an overhaul of America’s nuclear weapons command and control system, including the invention of a remote node for the decision-making system.