The US nuclear arsenal is capable of destroying each of your countries 14 times over and all at the push of a button. The system, as it is set up today, provides the president with the sole and ultimate authority to use nuclear weapons. There are some safeguards, but it's not so far off from that being true either. Today Explained: How does the president launch a nuclear weapon?
Today we launch our show, but it turns out it's a lot easier to launch a nuclear weapon. Vox's Alex Ward walks us through the six easy steps and tells Sean Rameswaram about the time we accidentally dropped a nuke on North Carolina. Twice.
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