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#538 - Andrew Bustamante - CIA Spy Explains Nukes, Wars & Double Agents

Modern Wisdom

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The Code Is What Tells the System Which Wants to Launch a Nuclear Weapon

The code is what tells the system which wants to actually launch. That's like a nuclear game of Russian roulette. You just don't know which one. We get those emergency action messages about every 45 minutes. So they're not like on a on a shift of eight or 12 hours, you're not sitting there quiet for 12 hours. Once every hour, you're getting an EAM, a red light, a siren that comes in and it gives you a code.

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