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Xenocide - 2019-05-04

Super fun quote from the Wikipedia article about the Nuclear Football:

"Journalist Ron Rosenbaum has pointed out that the operational plan for nuclear strike orders is entirely concerned with the identity of the commanding officer and the authenticity of the order, and there are no safeguards to verify that the person issuing the order is actually sane."


casualcollapse - 2019-05-04

What if they taint our precious bodily fluids?


kingofthenothing - 2019-05-04

The last order is "await further orders..." Holy shit.


Nominal - 2019-05-05

What's with the submarine tag? The Titan was never used as an SLBM and this museum is at a silo in Arizona.


casualcollapse - 2019-05-05

Fixed


Robin Kestrel - 2019-05-05

This is almost as grim as the battle of Winterfell.


Shanghai Tippytap - 2019-05-05

these are still in operation, and they’re getting old.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/air-force-missile -wing-minuteman-iii-nuclear-weapons-burnout-1/


Ugh - 2019-05-05

i have to know, do they get two key-turners who get along or do they make sure to give it the old odd couple recipe?

like say one spends their time lint rolling their dress ups and shining shoes while the other spends their time getting ready to beat a marine in a crayon eating contest


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