no one to trigger such retaliation. The term fail-deadly was coined as a contrast to fail-safe. Fail-deadly operation is an example of second-strike strategy...

fail-safe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fail-fast system Control theory Dead man's switch EIA-485 Elegant degradation Failing badly Fail-deadly...

remains in use in the post-Soviet Russian Federation. An example of fail-deadly and mutual assured destruction deterrence, it can automatically initiate...

stop machines and prevent harm; such switches can also be used as a fail-deadly, since a spring-operated switch can be used to complete a circuit, not...

The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, function as a grouping and classification of major vices within the teachings...

during the Cold War has been called a "doomsday machine" due to its fail-deadly design and nuclear capabilities. Doomsday devices started becoming more...

first strike because the other side would launch on warning (also called fail-deadly) or with surviving forces (a second strike), resulting in unacceptable...

Second-strike capabilities can be further strengthened by implementing fail-deadly mechanisms. These mechanisms create a threshold and guaranteed consequences...

order WOPR to cancel the countdown fail. Disconnecting the computer is discussed and dismissed, as a fail-deadly mechanism will launch all weapons if...

BBC Cold War spy drama The Game (2014). Dead Hand Dead man's switch Fail-deadly Mutual assured destruction Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom § Nuclear...

that is capable of negotiating a surrender or ceasefire. Implementing fail-deadly mechanisms can be a way to deter decapitation strikes and respond to...

jurisdictions, the use of deadly force is justified only under conditions of extreme necessity as a last resort, when all lesser means have failed or cannot reasonably...

and failure. Fail-safe – Design feature or practice Fault tolerance – Resilience of systems to component failures or errors Fail-deadly – Concept in nuclear...

Strangelove (1964), a film by Stanley Kubrick, satirizing nuclear strategy. Fail-deadly Pre-emptive nuclear strike, Second strike Force de frappe Game theory...

ICBM, but a termination order comes in at the last moment. Buddy system Fail-deadly Permissive action link (PAL) Separation of duties Shamir's Secret Sharing...

sacrificing explosive yield for radiological yield. Doomsday device Fail-deadly Sublette, Carey (May 1, 1998). "Types of Nuclear Weapons – Cobalt Bombs...

of risk if a particular leg of the Triad is degraded or unavailable." Fail-deadly List of states with nuclear weapons Mutual assured destruction Nuclear...

live nuclear weapon as part of a project code-named "Peace Walker", a fail-deadly nuclear tank. Snake reveals himself to Huey Emmerich, one of Peace Walker's...

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their unique and special capability can be found with their Dead Hand fail-deadly computerized nuclear release system, which is based at Kosvinsky Kamen...

risky. This is contrasted with the fail-deadly behavior of the Perimeter system built during the Soviet era. Fail-soft systems are able to continue operating...

Pretty Deadly are a villainous British professional wrestling tag team consisting of Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker. They are currently signed to WWE, where...

aircraft dropped below a predetermined altitude. Permissive Action Link Fail-deadly Sagan, Scott Douglas (1995). The Limits of Safety. Princeton University...

resulting not only in greatly increased tensions and increasing calls for fail-deadly control systems, but also in a dramatic increase in military spending...

The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement (七つの大罪 憤怒の審判, Nanatsu no Taizai: Funnu no Shinpan) is the fourth and final season of The Seven Deadly Sins anime...

Deadly Women is an American documentary television series focusing on true crime, specifically female killers. It first aired in 2005 on the Discovery...

apart by the molecular stresses of time travel as all TARDISes have a fail-deadly approach to unauthorised use unless primed with a Rassilon Imprimatur...

The Seven Deadly Sins are manga series written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki, set in a fictitious Britannia (ブリタニア, Buritania) in a time period superficially...

Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) is a horror-fantasy detective comedy television film with Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, David Warner, and Clancy Brown. It was...

upon stones. Later, the pack of Wheelers working for Mombi fail to get across the Deadly Desert in pursuit of Dorothy and the Gump, who cross the desert...