I am dubious. Mostly, because preserving and enriching a despot means catering to their whims. A despot's pet nuclear project is likely to have an authentic re

I am dubious. Mostly, because preserving and enriching a despot means catering to their whims. A despot's pet nuclear project is likely to have an authentic red button (provided in any variety of interfaces, telephone, mechanical lock and key, fingerprint authenticated, whatever). If one imagines themselves as a despot, the ego almost demands it. Between the despot, The Button, and the operational weapons, there are many layers of human factors. Maybe the red button is a placebo, and the underlings, being less suicidal than their singular leader, would never permit the button to perform its dreaded task, but is that assured?