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Six Easy Steps to Nuclear War

Today, Explained

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The president has a military officer who follows him around at all times with instructions on how to eviscerate the planet with nuclear weapons. Last night, Jonathan Swan broke a story for Axios about the president's November visit to China. In that moment, the United States nuclear plans almost fell into the hands of some random security guards. And it turns out that might not even be the scariest thing about our nuclear system.

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