Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit
vorpalhex | on: Listen and read USA nuclear forces Emergency Action Messages, heard on 11175 kHz
Some context for those not exposed to this previously.

Messages usually mean nothing. An uptick in activity means.. nothing. We're on the tail end of a major exercise so upticks in chatter are probably related to that.

Anyone who posts anything along the lines of "but there were 5x more messages or a really big message so N is going to happen!" is a crazy person. Ignore them.

It's neat, but it's not prophetic.

kjetijor | parent | next
I sometimes wonder if they've had their stats people do an appropriate randomized schedule with filler messages. Or.. keep-alive's, for some Dr. Strangelove fun.
OhMeadhbh | root | parent
Isn't that what Detachment 2702 does?
jasonjayr | parent
Riiiiiight. That sounds like something spooks would say to throw you off the trail...... :-) /s
thewanderer1983 | root | parent
It is right. Read about Able Archer 83.