[BC] Usefulness of EAS

[Larry At SystemsStore]

Missiles weren't that smart back in those days. They were "dumb" - i.e. no
electronics. Trajectory was determined prior to launch.

-----Original Message-----

 From: Alan Peterson

I wasn't in radio when CONELRAD was a valid and active process, but it
always seemed to me that, even in the days of small thermonuke weapons, an
incoming missile could just latch on to *one* of the 640s or 1240s before
the frequency rotated locations, say to itself "close enough!", and still
manage to toast everything in a five-mile radius. Even a confused missile
will faw down and go boom.