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From: briganti@rhea.trl.oz.au (Joe Briganti)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: def-com 1 ???
Keywords: nuclear, countdown
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Date: 16 Jul 90 03:08:16 GMT
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From: briganti@rhea.trl.oz.au (Joe Briganti)

Can someone elaborate on the expression --def com 1--?

All I know is that it is somehow related to the last seconds
countdown pre - nuclear launch, but how did it get that way
etc.

Thanks in advance,
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