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Six Easy Steps to Nuclear War

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The President's Nuclear Arsenal

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?

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