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Originally Posted by Platapus

But in his or her defense, this story has been circulating for quite a while and all the authors simply repeat the same confusion between a launch code (which is a combination of letters and numbers) and equipment lockout codes (which are all numbers).

I did ponder, after all in most nuclear launch scenarios you do hear a numeric and alphabetic combination code broadcast to the launch platforms, however I presumed (which goes to show where that gets you) that this article was based before that particular system came into place.

That being said, did the equipment lockout include the red box where the codes were kept, and the keys for the ignition sequence?