Nuclear Launch Order May Be Disobeyed

[Rev. Rye]

During the big nuclear crisis last year with North Korea, I looked up the procedure for calling a nuclear strike.

It turns out there actually are supposed to be checks and balances about whether or not military brass would comply with such a demand, but it's usually assumed that if the situation's dire enough that nukes are being mentioned as a possibility, they might not press the point too much. It estimates a total of about five minutes between the President calling the Pentagon and the missiles being fired.