Computer system reliability and nuclear war
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Communications of the ACM
- Vol. 30 (2), 112-131
- https://doi.org/10.1145/12527.12528
Abstract
Given the devastating consequences of nuclear war, it is appropriate to look at current and planned uses of computers in nuclear weapons command and control systems, and to examine whether these systems can fulfill their intended roles.Keywords
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