Mattis reportedly told the commander of the Strategic Command to keep him directly informed of any event that might lead to a nuclear alert being sent to the president. He even told the commander “not to put on a pot of coffee without letting him know.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/23/trump-can-launch-nuclear-weapons-whenever-he-wants-with-or-without-mattis/ …
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I am very aware of NCA procedures, but if
@realDonaldTrump lost his mind & ordered a nuclear strike without justification, against LOAC, surely STRATCOM leaders could slow down the process, question the legitimacy of the order, etc? /2
I think the "lost his mind" argument is the wrong one to have — it's the "easy" case for imagining STRATCOM would try to slow it down. The harder cases (bad info, limited use, an actual "aggression" from a power that does require some kind of counter) that are more troubling.
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It’s happened more than once - on both sides. Luckily, even when officers had full authority to launch, they chose not to.
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IOW where he is just too plain dumb to handle the crisis. Whish he'd be in EVERY conceivable crisis.
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