> "Always" was always more important than "never" That's exactly the opposite of what you want from a nuclear trigger system. I mean if you actually need to la

> "Always" was always more important than "never" That's exactly the opposite of what you want from a nuclear trigger system. I mean if you actually need to launch, it's already past the point where it's going to do anything helpful. What you need is something that everyone in the world unquestioningly believes will always work, even if that isn't entirely true. OTOH, if it ever goes off by mistake, that not good. Not good at all.