Spoke to David Hoffman Saturday 26 and learned that the fate of Perimeter, the Doomsday Machine built by Andropov era paranoids to combat the expected American first strike in 1981-85.  The fact is that Perimeter is presumed still operational.  Russia officers in a sealed bunker underground near Moscow have the authority to start the end of the world as we know.  There are conditions.  But the conditions are not profound.  And once Perimeter begins, there is no call back.  First condition is that the officers must be told that nuke war is imminent and likely, which is why they are sealed in the tomb.  Second condition is that the tomb loses contact with Moscow Center and the Kremlin leadership, which is presumed what will happen in a decapitation strike (by Pershing II missiles deployed in Europe).  Third condition is that the junior officers hear or perceive seismic thumping above them consistent with nuke strikes on Moscow Center.  At this point, Perimeter is active.  The orders fire command rockets from hardened silos across the country.  The command rockets fly for 30 minutes over the country sending radio beacons that automatically salve all the nuke ICBMs.  Game over.  Again, Hoffman's best information is that Perimeter remains operational.  Peter Sellers and Ambassador Kissoff are still in business.  Did George Bush and Dick Cheney worry about Perimeter when they looked into Putin's KGB (non-transparent) eyes?  Do POTUS and his Politburo know about Perimeter?  Would they ask if they knew?  Our Minutemen and their ICBMs are not now targetted.  Hoffman says they can be retargetted in minutes.  Norman Polmar, author, "The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal," told me Saturday 19 that the targetting is as simple as hitting the Enter key.  Same for Perimeter.  If a rascal wanted to take out Russia and North America, perhaps because a Global Caliphate is more desirable, what use Perimeter?  It's a far-fetched question, but should it even be slightly credible?