Re: [GZG] [ot] need help of UK natives

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>I'm Canadian, but I assume it's like the lock and key for my 
>bicycle.  It's similar, physically, to the locks on many vending 
>machines.  A cylinder or tube is cut across the circular 
>cross-section, and the cross-section has teeth carved into it, with 
>one tooth prominent.

Yes, I'd agree with Tom's assessment - the point the article is 
making, I think, is that the arming mechanism relied on a very simple 
and not-terribly-secure lock, without even a double-key system, which 
implied that we were pretty confident that no British officer was 
going to go all Doctor Strangelove on us....  ;-)

I assume the reference to a "bicycle lock" is simply to describe in 
layman's terms the type of cylinder key that was used in the system - 
as Tom says, it's used in a lot of industrial equipment like vending 
machines, and also in car anti-theft devices (I've got one on my 
keyring for the Krooklock in the van).

Jon (GZG)

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>Exactly what is a Bike Lock Key, in terms someone in the Maine, USA 
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>British nukes protected by bicycle lock key
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