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> I also said that nuclear war was also on the table. Judging from what Pelosi has been doing, you are not alone with that concern. I hope there are enough pe
by rootusrootus 6y ago
> I also said that nuclear war was also on the table.
Judging from what Pelosi has been doing, you are not alone with that concern. I hope there are enough people in between him and the actual button that would decide his order was unlawful.
- jldugger 6y ago>I hope there are enough people in between There are -- the football is merely used to inform the relevant parties that the president has made the order, and, except for the submariners, those soldiers are probably aware of the events of the past 48h.
- hchz 6y agoI believe SSBN crews would have been informed of these events by their CO over 1MC, and I'm sure COB would have his hands full censoring everybody's inbound email. Now I need to ask my boys when they come back in...
- hchz 6y agoThere are controls in place to delay a launch order that comes out of nowhere. Who knows what would happen. It's heartening that in multiple instances, both the US and USSR ignored positive and confirmed indications of massive incoming attack in the hopes they were erroneous.