nuke(8) - launch nuclear weapons at mapped USENET sites

NUKE(8)              Maintenance Procedures               NUKE(8)

NAME
     nuke - launch nuclear weapons at mapped USENET sites

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/nuke [-y yield] [-a height] [-hcm] sitename...

DESCRIPTION
     Nuke employs the `missile coordinate' fields in  the  USENET
     map database and Internet connections to a server interfaced
     with AUTOVON to lob nuclear weapons  at  other  UNIX  sites,
     specified  by  name.   The  default warhead is a single 25KT
     groundburst tac nuke; options support other combinations  of
     warhead size, type and deployment.

     The -y option specifies a yield.  The  argument  must  be  a
     number  suffixed  by  K or M, for kiloton or megaton respec-
     tively.  Yield arguments above 255M are quietly ignored.

     The -a option specifies an air-burst height in meters.

     The -h option specifies thermonuclear (hydrogen) weapons.

     The -c option specifies cobalt-jacketed  warheads  for  per-
     manent site interdiction.

     The -m option, useful with multiple-site nuke calls, invokes
     code  which  optimizes  delivery  using  MIRVed  warheads to
     minimize launches.

     In accordance with the normal UNIX  design  philosophy  nuke
     does not prevent you from nuking yourself.

FILES
     /usr/lib/maps/*          USENET map file database

BUGS
     If a target site has given only nearest-city coordinates  in
     its  map  entry,  incorrect targeting and significant colla-
     teral casualties may result.

     Heavy use of nuke may cause EMP effects which interfere with
     Internet service.

NOTE
     This command is restricted to super-users only.

AUTHOR
     Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>

UNIX              Last change: 13 October 1991                  1

Date posted: 8th October 1991