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The Perimeter (Dead Hand) system is an automated complex for the emergency control of nuclear forces of the USSR and Russia. Created in the USSR at the height of the Cold War, Perimeter played the role of the "last weapon of retaliation", taking on the role of the control center of the nuclear triad in the event of death of the leadership and command during a decapitation attack. In the event of activation and confirmation of an attack on the country, Perimeter would launch its own communication system and transmit the order for the immediate use of nuclear weapons to all available forces, thereby guaranteeing the inevitability of a retaliatory strike.

Given the level of secrecy of the system, the operating schemes of many of its components are still unknown. In particular, the degree of autonomy and automation is debatable. Some experts claim that the Doomsday Machine exists – a fully automatic complex capable of delivering a nuclear strike on the enemy on its own, while others are inclined to a more conservative scenario of a system controlled by its own personnel capable of acting independently of command.

Perimeter is a brother of the similar American system ERCS (Emergency Rocket Communications System), which operates on a similar principle.

According to various sources, Perimeter has been developing since its creation and is still in operation.

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00:00 – Poison and Antidote
01:54 – ERCS
02:51 – Perimeter
05:08 – Doomsday Machine
08:15 – Creation of the Dead Hand
09:29 – Current Status