Soviet Program, ‘Perimeter,’ Ensured Nuclear Response in Event of U.S. Nuclear Strike

By KI MAE HEUSSNER
Oct. 8, 2009
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/russias-doomsday-machine-ready-action/story?id=8757004&page=1

It’s supposed to be the stuff of science fiction: A device that triggers a nuclear holocaust in the event of a U.S. strike against Russia.

But the “Dr. Strangelove”-esque technology isn’t just fantasy. The Cold War-era Soviet “doomsday machine” was — and might still be — very much a reality.