Launch code for US nuclear weapons was as easy as 00000000

Launch code for US nuclear weapons was as easy as 00000000 | Mail Online: "For nearly 20 years, the secret code to authorize launching U.S. nuclear missiles, and starting World War III, was terrifyingly simple and even noted down on a checklist.



From 1962, when John F Kennedy instituted PAL encoding on nuclear weapons, until 1977, the combination to fire the devastating missiles at the height of the Cold War was just 00000000."