The "Mother May I Launch a Missile" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Should the president have the sole authority to launch nuclear missiles? President Trump designates North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism. And the “grownups” in charge of national security are exhausted.

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0:22.4	So I feel like there's something we have not discussed as a podcast crew which is our nuclear
0:26.9	launch protocol.
0:28.9	This is important, this is a big oversight.
0:30.7	So we need to figure out, so for instance, like, who has the nuclear
0:33.5	launch authority? Who's going to carry the football?
0:35.8	There's an antecedent question.
0:37.8	Others?
0:38.8	Who's like our nuclear targets?
0:41.4	Oh, there's so many.
0:42.4	When rational security is going to like launch a nuclear strike, is it like against
0:48.0	deep state radio?
0:49.7	Like, who is it that we're trying to take out?
0:52.7	I feel like that's a separate discussion.
0:54.7	It's me andes.
0:55.8	Me andes, yes.
0:57.1	Okay, so if we're gonna launch a nuke on me andes.
1:00.1	I feel like Susan or tomorrow should have launch authority. I feel like I would be comfortable with them.
1:06.5	Because we're the Grudups in the room. I feel like they are probably from post-trusted.
1:10.3	Not so much an access of adult as like a straight line of adults.
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