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Kennedy Device
SPOILER! Kattints ide a szöveg elolvasásához!From Andy Anderson
I was a team member for the authentication process using the PAL device. We had to move from site to site while assigned to the 43rd.
The PAL device is the Permissive Action Link. Sometimes called the Kennedy Device. I was one of the two people that had to authenticate the nuclear release authorization.
The PAL device was a shorting plug in the special warheads. It was a combination lock installed at the arming plug location.
The arming plug dictated what type of burst you would get.
•One plug was for a surface mission.
•The other was for a air mission.
A ground burst was set at 600 feet above ground level. The is the altitude that would deliver the most damage for a ground burst. This type of mission was used against ground troops and tanks.
The other type of arming plug was used against aircraft groups of 12 or more aircraft. This plug also offset the guidance system to cause the missle to fly above the target at 600 feet and detonate, causing the burst to take out every aircraft in a 4 mile radius.
In order to control the launch of a nuclear weapon, the PAL device was used. It, when installed, was a shorting plug, that prevented the missle from launching and kept the warhead in a safe condition (i.e.. not armed). When the president gave the ok to fire. An encoded message would come from CINCNORAD with the combination to open the PAL device. This was my job. I opened the PAL, armed the missle with the correct arming plug and punched the fire button. There was no voltage in the PAL. I was just a plug that disabled the launching.
It also served another purpose. If the weapon fell into the wrong hands and they tried to take the PAL device off by hammering, cutting or whatever, the missle would self destruct. This was never told to allies on the custodial sites. It would not detonate with a yield, but would do a HE explosion with a small amount of contamination.
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Utoljára szerkesztette: Hpasp, 2015.12.16. 06:25:55