Computer system reliability and nuclear war

  • Authors:
  • Alan Borning

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ. of Washington, Seattle

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1987

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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.