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It's not about conscience, though. It's about you or at least many of your friends and family either burning or starving to death. That's the thing about MAD: I
by tormeh 10y ago
It's not about conscience, though. It's about you or at least many of your friends and family either burning or starving to death. That's the thing about MAD: It's mutual.
- roywiggins 10y agoFor all the missile guys know, the Russian missiles are already in the air. Nobody's likely to tell them it's a first strike.
- tormeh 10y agoYeah, but there's an entire chain of command. I have a hard time believing that all the generals will go along with starting a nuclear war.
- roywiggins 10y agoThey don't all have to go along. See the "execution" section- only a couple of senior officers have to authenticate the President, and issue the order electronically. At that point only one chain between them and a launch crew have to obey the orders to launch. The whole process is meant to only take a few minutes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Integrated_Operational_Plan?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Integrated_Operational_... Everyone involved in the chain is part of the Personnel Reliability Program. It's mostly to make sure someone doesn't launch without an order but also probably to make sure that they will follow orders, including launch orders. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personnel_Reliability_Program?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personnel_Reliability_Program?...