08-11-2017, 10:04 AM
(08-11-2017, 10:01 AM)Arturo Bandini Wrote: Just a question.
Is the president the only one to decide for a nuclear strike ?
Technically? Yes. Now, if at any step along the way there is enough of a mutiny, for lack of a better word, it can be stopped. That is unlikely, though, and the POTUS does not have to consult Congress or anything first.
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2016-nuclear-weapon-launch/
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