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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (5882)	6/1/1999 9:27:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9818

OT?? - Microsoft Confirms Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold Resigns biz.yahoo.com Hmmm is right. :-))

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (5882)	6/1/1999 1:01:00 PM
From: NickSE	Respond to of 9818

The 'Nightmare Scenario' What if the world's Y2K nuclear computer problems aren't fixed in time? thenation.com ...Russia's nuclear command and control system is linked in what, until recently, was a top-secret program called Perimeter. Although exact details are still not known, Perimeter is reminiscent of the "Doomsday Device" in the sixties black-comedy film Dr. Strangelove, which triggered an automatic massive Soviet retaliation. The US government did not even know of the existence of Perimeter until it was first reported in the New York Times on October 8, 1993. At the time, former Director of Central Intelligence Robert Gates said such a system was "unlikely." However, Jane's Intelligence Review, the world's most authoritative weapons journal, has since confirmed the existence of Perimeter and revealed more details. According to Jane's, if Moscow were to be attacked, or even if there was "interruption of command links to key Soviet leadership," Perimeter would automatically trigger a low-frequency radio signal that would launch a communications missile that would, in turn, transmit to all launch complexes the codes that would launch thousands of Russia's nuclear weapons. The present status of Perimeter is unclear...