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A
Permissive Action Link is a security device for
nuclear weapons. The
United States Department of Defense definition is:
- A device included in or attached to a nuclear weapon system to preclude arming and/or launching until the insertion of a prescribed discrete code or combination. It may include equipment and cabling external to the weapon or weapon system to activate components within the weapon or weapon system.
wikipedia.org dumped 2003-03-17 with terodump