Listen and read USA nuclear forces Emergency Action Messages, heard on 11175 kHz
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So these messages are presumably encrypted with a one time pad, and some lookup book of what each message of just a few characters means?
And I assume there are also a high bandwidth comms channels, and this is just the backup which is presumably tested each day.
NOnone_to_remainayer
A weird little trivia: for some time period the Skyking test messages used band names and other pop culture references as the content of test messages. Iron Maiden, The Cure, Duran Duran, Rush, Hansen... And of course test messages may be sent erroneously so we end up with the nuclear command channel carrying messages like "DISREGARD 'THE CURE' TRANSMITTED AT 19" (https://eam.watch/view/d4272f25-fd33-47a4-9b37-6c55a8ea3d0e)
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More on "Skyking" here: https://lswilson.dewlineadventures.com/skyking/
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So these messages are presumably encrypted with a one time pad, and some lookup book of what each message of just a few characters means? And I assume there are also a high bandwidth comms channels, and this is just the backup which is presumably tested each day.
A weird little trivia: for some time period the Skyking test messages used band names and other pop culture references as the content of test messages. Iron Maiden, The Cure, Duran Duran, Rush, Hansen... And of course test messages may be sent erroneously so we end up with the nuclear command channel carrying messages like "DISREGARD 'THE CURE' TRANSMITTED AT 19" (https://eam.watch/view/d4272f25-fd33-47a4-9b37-6c55a8ea3d0e)
More on "Skyking" here: https://lswilson.dewlineadventures.com/skyking/
https://priyom.org/military-stations/united-states/hfgcs#voi...
Is there some reason it's written 11175 kHz instead of 11.175 MHz?