No PAL please, we're British
mheyman at gmail.com
mheyman at gmail.com
Thu Nov 15 18:43:37 EST 2007
On Nov 15, 2007 2:55 PM, <lists at notatla.org.uk> wrote:
> According to this BBC story until fairly recently the British
> military refused to have PALs on nuclear weapons.
> [SNIP]
>From the story:
The Bomb is actually armed by inserting a bicycle lock
key into the arming switch and turning it through 90
degrees.
I wonder if they knew how to defeat it with a Bic pen? (see
<http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2004/09/64987>)
-Michael Heyman
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