Definitions from Wiktionary (Dead Hand)
▸ noun: A residual undesirable influence from the past.
▸ noun: (card games) A hand that is dealt but not used during a card game.
▸ noun: A system capable of closing a strategic nuclear strike control loop in the absence of normal command and control channels, analogous in concept to a deadman switch, in anticipation of a decapitation strike. Implemented by the Soviet Union and by the Russian Federation as the successor state thereof.
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▸ noun: A residual undesirable influence from the past.
▸ noun: (card games) A hand that is dealt but not used during a card game.
▸ noun: A system capable of closing a strategic nuclear strike control loop in the absence of normal command and control channels, analogous in concept to a deadman switch, in anticipation of a decapitation strike. Implemented by the Soviet Union and by the Russian Federation as the successor state thereof.
▸ Also see dead_hand
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