Emergency Action Message...Andrews Out

[Commack08]

There seems to be quite a few EAM's being posted as videos, but no one has mentioned why.... Where are these messages going to and whats it about?

[AnticsRocket]

@Commack08 Maybe excercises, you train tankies, pilots etc, why not the nuke babysitters?

[RainbowManification]

@Commack08 EAM's are used to transmit nuclear launch orders. These are fore exercises probably

[mkrubsack]

@bloggerrick It does sound like that, but no, no reverb. They use a technique called Automatic Link Establishment, or ALE. Look it up in Wikipedia. The delay between Andrews AFB and whatever link is rebroadcasting the EAM acts just like reverb.

[calcvids]

@mkrubsack ALE chooses the frequency. The reverb is caused by every equipped AFB retransmitting it asynchronously with each other.

[TowTruckJoe1]

@mkrubsack actually...delay...not reverb.. as in time delay.

[AjaxpuffNstuff]

@ro0t9 what is an emergency action messege

[sparky577]

(from wiki) An Emergency Action Message (EAM) is a pre-formatted message that directs nuclear-capable forces to execute an attack in a nuclear war.

In the United States, the EAM will be issued from the Pentagon, an Airbone Command Post, or an alternate Strategic Command Location. The EAM is then relayed to ballistic missile submarines, nuclear bombers, and land based nuclear delivery forces.

[AjaxpuffNstuff]

@sparky577 oh thanks for the info cause i had no clue

[MattExzy]

Very fine looking receiver :D