tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post2127843286084504311..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: What are the President's Nuclear Powers?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-23537356106492527722016-08-05T11:42:09.344-04:002016-08-05T11:42:09.344-04:00The thing is, whatever one's complaints about ...The thing is, whatever one's complaints about the US military, the fact is that the top brass are essentially all highly intelligent, capable men who know their jobs and carry out their duties with conscience and prudence.<br /><br />I have very firm faith that any unprovoked first strike authorized by an unhinged president would be blocked by the Joint Chiefs and other top figures. No one gets to be a four star general by displaying a reckless willingness to commit crimes against humanity and total strategic suicide. These men and women know unquestioningly that a senseless nuclear first strike literally betrays everything the military values and seeks to achieve, and I struggle mightily to imagine a situation in which they would allow such a thing to happen, without some utterly extreme justification for it.<br /><br />Heck, I actually think they'd not only flatly refuse to carry out the order, but would in fact immediately go to Congress and start the process of having the president deemed unfit for office and impeached.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-44430636895036407742016-08-05T09:03:48.600-04:002016-08-05T09:03:48.600-04:00Whoops! Link.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/when-s...Whoops! Link.<br /><br />http://www.wsj.com/articles/when-sub-goes-silent-who-has-control-of-its-nuclear-warheads-1414166741Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353532874773316117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-10173295413076656532016-08-05T09:02:55.895-04:002016-08-05T09:02:55.895-04:00And China? Russia? Nuclear Subs?
Here's int...And China? Russia? Nuclear Subs?<br /><br />Here's interesting article (two years old) in the WSJ about American, Chinese, and Russian nuclear subs. The article starts by recalling a confrontation between U.S. destroyers and a Russian nuclear submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis.<br /><br />"U.S. protocol is secret, but naval experts say American boomers can launch missiles only if they receive launch codes from the president or a <b>designated alternative</b>, because the U.S. doesn’t envision a nuclear attack in which it couldn’t communicate with at least one of its 14 boomers."Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353532874773316117noreply@blogger.com