'DEAD HAND' - Putin's Doomsday Device the West fears

The Cold War, a period of intense geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, saw the development of many terrifying weapons.
One such weapon, shrouded in mystery and fear, was the "Dead Hand" system. This automated nuclear weapons control system, also known as Perimeter, was designed to ensure that the Soviet Union could retaliate against a nuclear attack, even if its leadership had been wiped out.
The Dead Hand system was developed by the Soviet Union in the 1980s as a response to the growing threat of nuclear annihilation. The concept was simple: if the Soviet Union were to be attacked with nuclear weapons, the system would automatically launch a retaliatory strike, ensuring that the country could not be destroyed.
The idea behind Dead Hand was to prevent the Soviet Union from being "decapitated" in a first strike. If the leadership of the country were to be killed, the system would take over and launch a nuclear attack on predetermined targets. This was intended to deter potential aggressors from launching a nuclear attack in the first place, as they would know that their destruction would follow.