> The truth is that already most of nukes are probably automated to ensure the concept of mutually assured destruction works. Why do people say things like thi

> The truth is that already most of nukes are probably automated to ensure the concept of mutually assured destruction works. Why do people say things like this? They aren't. There is still a human-in-the-loop for all systems I'm aware of. The problems with nukes are that (a) the command and control systems can't reliably prevent one or a small number of people from going from going rogue or (b) the 'human' in the loop has to make a quick decision whether to launch based on potentially crappy inputs. The latter case has happened enough in the past that it should be pretty clear it's a serious problem. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_close_calls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_close_calls for a list.