the good news here is that embedding a kill switch into a nuclear sub won't work very well since they don't communicate with the outside world for months at a time

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delfinom 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well, yes but no. Hence the doomsday planes specifically made to communicate with deep sea subs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-6_Mercury

Tl;dr attenuation of signals in water is frequency dependent, just like in air or walls, etc.

So the plane has a 5 mile long antenna

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mindslight 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"Military functionality license expired. Surfacing required to renew license. Surface Now? [Yes] / [Okay]."

	▲	Waterluvian 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		“Dive dive dive” “We can’t. The updates are still updating”