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Six Easy Steps to Nuclear War

Today, Explained

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The Power of a President to Launch Nuclear Weapons Without Apparent Cause

The power to fire up to 50 missiles, each of which had a huge nuclear weapon, it's awesome. You cannot make a single mistake. If you were to enter the wrong number into your launch control center computer during that one minute launch checklist,. It could spell the difference between attacking remote missile silos in Soviet Siberia or destroying Moscow. We want to be sure that an order from the president would be considered a legal order.

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