> If the nuclear command & control centre is destroyed by a pre-emptive strike, there will be no coordinated first strike, but uncoordinated launches by individ

> If the nuclear command & control centre is destroyed by a pre-emptive strike, there will be no coordinated first strike, but uncoordinated launches by individual units, highly conditional on officers resolve to fight an now unwinnable war. Except Russia maintains a separate, fully automated system on a dead man’s trigger, specifically for this case scenario. This system reinforces the mutually assured destruction approach.