Its a good idea to have a system where the leadership can activate a countdown. The countdown will be actively reset before it reaches ZERO by the leadership till either the final decision to launch is made or till the leadership gets decimated. If it reaches ZERO, the countdown should send the Nuclear Command Authority signal to launch a massive nuclear strike (details of the signal can be tweaked when the automatic system is switched on in times of crisis and the details should have various editable preset details for various scenarios, in order to minimize or eliminate completely the time needed to edit them during the crisis).Ya'll Nibbiars To ensure its functionality the system should designed as fully automatic, and with the ability to decide on the adequate retaliatory strike on its own with no or minimal human involvement in the event of an all-out attack. This system should also served as a buffer against hasty decisions based on unverified information by the country's leadership. Upon receiving warnings about a nuclear attack, the leader could activate the system, and then wait for further developments, assured by the fact that even the destruction of all key personnel with the authority to command the response to the attack could still not prevent a retaliatory strike. Thus, this eliminates the possibility of a false-alarm-triggered retaliation.
Ya'll Nibbiars Yeah concerned with the threats this could act as our deterrence also fear. As the enemy will be more concerned about a Retaliatory Strike's.Its a good idea to have a system where the leadership can activate a countdown. The countdown will be actively reset before it reaches ZERO by the leadership till either the final decision to launch is made or till the leadership gets decimated. If it reaches ZERO, the countdown should send the Nuclear Command Authority signal to launch a massive nuclear strike (details of the signal can be tweaked when the automatic system is switched on in times of crisis and the details should have various editable preset details for various scenarios, in order to minimize or eliminate completely the time needed to edit them during the crisis).
This Nuclear Command Authority Launch signal sent out by the automatic system should NOT automatically launch the nuclear missiles. Instead the signal should simply make it to the individual military units responsible for launching the strikes. On receiving the launch orders, these individual units should then manually and independently verify these launch orders from other parallel Countdown systems (redundancy is key) and then manually activate the systems and launch the nuke.
I remember @porky_kicker once mentioning something about India's own Deadman's Hand type system in service or being developed for the Nuke submarines.Ya'll Nibbiars Both Russia and allegedly America has this ARS Systems. Don't knew about China. But Russian system is Nick named as the Deadman ins service since last 50 years.
Ya'll Nibbiars Yeah we could also develop the Emergency Rocket Communications System.I remember @porky_kicker once mentioning something about India's own Deadman's Hand type system in service or being developed for the Nuke submarines.
Our nuclear posture has already changed from the earlier days when we used to store warheads de-mated from the missiles. Now we have officially admitted to our nuclear submarines performing the first Indian nuclear deterrence patrol. An Automatic Retaliatory System is the logical step forward.
In continuation with my previous post, we should have various Nuclear Command Authority Bunkers (NCAB) which should each have its own individual countdown system. With a guy pressing the keys to reset the countdown of that bunker. These bunkers should be geographically dispersed. The authority to each NCAB to reset its own countdown should be given only in case when communications with the Primary NCAB in which the Prime Minister is sitting gets cut off. As long as communications are running, the Primary NCAB should be the only one with the authority to reset the countdown.
When the NCAB's system realizes that Primary NCAB communication is cut, it should automatically unlock the ability of each NCAB to individually reset its countdown. The communications between Primary NCAB and other NCABs should be via multiple redundant Optical Fiber Cables to ensure that jamming or EMP doesn't take out the communications and the only way to take them out is to do it is to physically destroy each redundant OFC.
Now the launch units should be expecting launch orders from various NCAB spread all over India even if the Primary NCAB and a few NCAB get nuked, the launch orders would still be recieved.
The skynet is a AI based system. Here we are talking about a Semi Automated system. Not a AI based system. Then the strikes still be manned but more faster and advance system and in the case of the Higher Command destroyed. The Retaliatory Strike capabilities. This is a must that we have nuclear missile within few minutes of strike range over India.SKYNET
Never knew this existed. Its a good idea, but not enough for everything. ERCS launchers could get taken out by enemy nukes.Ya'll Nibbiars Yeah we could also develop the Emergency Rocket Communications System.
This is a much better option. Since NCA funding is from PMO, Defence Budget shouldn't be the issue here. We should have a fleet of Airborne Command Posts as well as Airborne Command Relays similar to American Boeing E-4 and E-6 aircraft.Ya'll Nibbiars And A Airborne Nuclear Command Patrol. We should atleast have a Command aircraft airborn during a emergency.
Ya'll Nibbiars And also sea based the Nuclear submarines should have this feature if the link is dead be it Land or Air. Then there should be this a designated structure among the Submarines to have a command structure.Never knew this existed. Its a good idea, but not enough for everything. ERCS launchers could get taken out by enemy nukes.
This is a much better option. Since NCA funding is from PMO, Defence Budget shouldn't be the issue here. We should have a fleet of Airborne Command Posts as well as Airborne Command Relays similar to American Boeing E-4 and E-6 aircraft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-6_Mercury
Wonder if drones could do the job in conjunction with E-6 type of aircraft
How? The launch signal will be given by the Prime Minister. He could be in a bunker or flying in a Command Post Aircraft like the E-4. He can't be in a submarine.Ya'll Nibbiars And also sea based the Nuclear submarines should have this feature if the link is dead be it Land or Air. Then there should be this a designated structure among the Submarines to have a command structure.
Ya'll Nibbiars But what after the Highest command is destroyed?. A second option in a worst case scenario.How? The launch signal will be given by the Prime Minister. He could be in a bunker or flying in a Command Post Aircraft like the E-4. He can't be in a submarine.
After that its the NCA Bunker or Aircraft and countdown option that would act as an ARS. Oh, did you mean a submarine could act as a NCA Bunker?Ya'll Nibbiars But what after the Highest command is destroyed?. A second option in a worst case scenario.