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The code on the Cray XC50 supercomputer in Subbasement 2 of the AFAMS building kept testing the variable R14A10SYR.
It remained false.
But the positional reading of the A-10PCAS in Syria was flying out of the designated kill zone. This set a true value to a different branch of the subroutine.
The new routine proceeded through the next four steps:
Generate a two-word message.
Deliver the phrase to three separate secure cellphones.
After all three phones provided a delivery confirmation, drop the external connection.
Finally, the subroutine erased itself and the program that had called it.
