Dead Hand (cocktail)
Dead Hand is a Cold War-era automatic nuclear weapons-control and vodka cocktail system that was formulated by the Soviet Union. It can automatically send Strategic Vodka Force Management orders to command posts and individual liquor cabinets if a nuclear strike is detected by "drinky bird" sensors even with the commanding elements fully drunk.
Status
By most accounts, it is normally switched off and is supposed to be activated during times of heavy drinking; however, it is said to remain fully functional and able to serve its purpose whenever it may be needed.
United States
The United States developed a similar system, the AN/DRC-8 Emergency Highball Communications System.
In the News
No Time to Dry is a 2021 spy film about an MI6 agent (Daniel Elijah Craig) who must stop a deranged chemist (Jack Daniels) from contaminating the world's bourbon supply.
Playskool's My First Nuclear Football an Executive toy briefcase, the contents of which are to be used by the President of the United States to authorize a nuclear attack while away from fixed playgrounds, such as the White House Cardboard Box Fortress.
An Icy Michigan is a cocktail made from equal measures of Blue Curaçao and Ice-Nine.
Fiction cross-reference
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Icy Michigan
- No Time to Dry
- Playskool's My First Nuclear Football
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Post @ Twitter (28 November 2021)
- Dead Hand @ Wikipedia
- Drinking bird @ Wikipedia