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Re:North Korea Missile Appears to Have Flown Over Japan, Abe... by jamestimmins on Monday August 28, 2017 @06:02PM (#15120463)
You may be interested in the novel Fail Safe, which is about exactly this issue during the cold war. What happens when you've built extremely complex technological failsafes around your nuclear arsenal to prevent error, and suddenly they fail. How do various nations and actors respond. Very solid read.

https://www.amazon.com/Fail-Safe-Eugene-Burdick/dp/088001654...

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Re:North Korea Missile Appears to Have Flown Over Japan, Abe... by neilellis on Monday August 28, 2017 @06:05PM (#15120480)
Right, thanks for the push. Going to watch the movie now.

FYI: Both the film Fail-Safe and 'Dr Strangelove' are based on that book.

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Re:North Korea Missile Appears to Have Flown Over Japan, Abe... by knorker on Monday August 28, 2017 @06:53PM (#15120818)
No, Dr Strangelove was based on "Red Alert".

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove#Fail_Safe

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Re:North Korea Missile Appears to Have Flown Over Japan, Abe... by artur_makly on Monday August 28, 2017 @09:00PM (#15121413)
full movie : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nzij8x-604
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