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Yeah, if an adversary's missile launch has been detected. Absent that the President is required to consult with his command authority. He can then be stopped by

by rrggrr 8y ago

Yeah, if an adversary's missile launch has been detected. Absent that the President is required to consult with his command authority. He can then be stopped by the 25th Amendment and/or a refusal to obey and unlawful order by his military aide and war room duty officers. Stop being an alarmist.

rat87 8y ago
The president doesn't have to consult anyone The sec of defense has to confirm the presidents identity but not the wisdom of the order Radiolab did a story on this and a former secretary of state confirmed it https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/nukes https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/nukes The principle for the army to not obey unlawful orders is the only legal way to stop a president from launching nukes. And that is very much a grey area (as to what is an unlawful order). Nixon's aides made sure he wouldn't launch nukes when he was unstable but did so in an illegal manner