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Re: This device on PotUS's Marine One - What does it do? It's called a Control Display Unit. There no way to tell from the photo what it's used for. These are generic devices that can be programmed to interface with almost anything.
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Re: This device on Air Force One - What does it do? said by dvd536:said by DataDoc:said by FutureMon:My guess is that it's a typical old fashioned secure TTY of sorts. The keys on the bottom have the alphabet characters on them.
Perhaps a way for the president to issue codes to various connections (8 definable keys on the sides of the green screen monitor)
Launch codes? I see them. I zoomed way in and enhanced it. haha this was on AMC the other night!
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Re: This device on PotUS's Marine One - What does it do? Some more details... It probably functions as a dumb terminal. It likely communicates over an RS-422 interface in ASCII. It displays text that is sent to it. If the user presses a key, it sends out an ASCII code. Except for a self-test function and brightness knobs, that's about it. All the smarts are in whatever is talking to it. |
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kudos:2 | reply to Noah Vail
I find it unlikely that a device which interfaces to launch nuclear doom would be simply laying around like this one is. Far more likely to be something far more mundane. |
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kudos:1 | reply to Noah Vail
It allows the president can enter 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 every 108 minutes. |
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Re: This device on Air Force One - What does it do? My Educated Guess: It is possible that if something were to happen the POTUS could manually enter a location to be flown in an emergency and keep the pilots on a need to know basis only? |
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Onion, NJ | said by Sr Tech:My Educated Guess: It is possible that if something were to happen the POTUS could manually enter a location to be flown in an emergency and keep the pilots on a need to know basis only? no
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kudos:2 | reply to Sr Tech
said by Sr Tech:My Educated Guess: It is possible that if something were to happen the POTUS could manually enter a location to be flown in an emergency and keep the pilots on a need to know basis only?
I would hope the pilots have top security clearance and thus don't need such restrictions. |
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| said by psafux:said by Sr Tech:My Educated Guess: It is possible that if something were to happen the POTUS could manually enter a location to be flown in an emergency and keep the pilots on a need to know basis only?
I would hope the pilots have top security clearance and thus don't need such restrictions. I would agree as well, but again this is the government and just guessing that there is some crazy protocol in the books somewhere. There could be locations only known to the POTUS (higher and higher ups) that the pilots may not be privi to such as a shelter. Just a guess... |
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kudos:2 | "Alright fellas, we are going to need you to put these masks on and just follow our voice commands. "
said by Sr Tech:There could be locations only known to the POTUS (higher and higher ups) that the pilots may not be privi to such as a shelter. Of course the pilots know where they are going. |
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| said by psafux:"Alright fellas, we are going to need you to put these masks on and just follow our voice commands. "
said by Sr Tech:There could be locations only known to the POTUS (higher and higher ups) that the pilots may not be privi to such as a shelter. Of course the pilots know where they are going. Yes they would only after given instruction. Until then there may be places that even the pilots would not know existed to prevent any leaks. Hard to explain in writing. |
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kudos:2 | I know what you mean but I have a hard time believing that is the case. Like I said earlier, we will probably never know. |
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New Fairfield, CT | And I agree again, but I can only make a guess like everyone else. |
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Re: This device on PotUS's Marine One - What does it do? Its to have direct secured communication with the Vice President and or his cabinet. But I have no Idea |
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kudos:2 | said by theboz1419:Its to have direct secured communication with the Vice President and or his cabinet. But I have no Idea
They have that via a telephone :] |
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Onion, NJ | reply to Noah Vail
mystery solved »www.cnn.com/2012/02/03/tech/mobi···dex.html |
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Re: This device on PotUS's Marine One - What does it do? So, in other words, it's a $1.2 million blackberry... |
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