                                Command : ARM

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: arm <PLANE> warhead-type <NUMBER>

The arm command loads nuclear devices aboard delivery systems such  as  planes
or  missiles.   It  is possible that a given delivery system can carry a large
load, so it may happen that a missile could carry many nuclear devices.

`Arm' is also used to wire a conventional explosive charge  (one  shell)  into
any  type  of  satellite,  missile, or aircraft. You can then later on use the
`blast' command to destroy the vehicle (and cause damage to  other  things  in
the  vicinity).   Such  explosive  charges installed in aircraft become a per-
manent piece of the vehicle and cannot be disarmed.

No nuclear weapons can be  delivered  unless  they  are  first  loaded  aboard
delivery  vehicles.   However,  until they are residing in a plane or missile,
they are considered invulnerable to attack (buried inside of  mountains),  and
cannot  be  used  by  any  potential  conqueror (they don't know the fail-safe
codes).

Note that anti-sat missiles must be armed with a nuclear  device  before  they

                                Command : ARM

can be used to destroy satellites.

See also : build, disarm, transport, launch, blast

