Deep inside the Pentagon, in the National Military Command Center, is the so-called red phone that has connected the U.S. and Russian high commands since after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
First a teletype, then a fax, and now a secure email and chat link, the emergency hotline was designed to prevent nuclear Armageddon. It is still tested regularly but seldom used — and not during the Ukraine or Syria crises, according to a Pentagon official.
“There’s no real need to — there are so many avenues to talk with the Russians,” said the official, who was not authorized to speak …read more
Source: European Voice
