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arethuza on Jan 26, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Remembering the night two atomic bombs fell on Nor...

The lack of time to distribute PAL codes is why the UK does not use PALs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_Action_Link#Usage_b...

Rather we use hand-written letters and a lot of trust:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_last_resort

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