Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Машина Судного дня" in Russian language version.
Valery Yarynich... "The Perimeter system..." Yarynich is talking about Russia's doomsday machine.... The point of the system, he explains, was to guarantee an automatic Soviet response to an American nuclear strike. Even if the US crippled the USSR with a surprise attack, the Soviets could still hit back. ...Ground-based sensors would detect that a devastating blow had been struck and a counterattack would be launched.
Valery Yarynich... "The Perimeter system..." Yarynich is talking about Russia's doomsday machine.... The point of the system, he explains, was to guarantee an automatic Soviet response to an American nuclear strike. Even if the US crippled the USSR with a surprise attack, the Soviets could still hit back. ...Ground-based sensors would detect that a devastating blow had been struck and a counterattack would be launched.