williamstd:

you also have one as in..??

alexistaiwo:
There can never be any nuclear apocalypse.
Countries are just building nuclear weapons so as not to be bullied by those who already have it in world political and economic issues.
It only serves the role of deterrent like you have the bomb, I also have it. So let's sit and discuss amicably as equals.

Nimi22:
This is sending shivers down my spine already. It's even better someone dies before then, k'oju ma r'ibi

Explorers:


That's what we believe, there can never be but keep updating and piling more nuclear ammunitions.

Spending billions on them.

You may be right, but we can never tell.

All it takes is first to launch, we pray the trigger wont fall into a wrong hand someday or a crazy President.

lovelygurl:



I used to think that too until I realised some presidents are too dumb and proud, and can easily act without thinking

Explorers:


That's what we believe, there can never be but keep updating and piling more nuclear ammunitions.

Spending billions on them.

You may be right, but we can never tell.

All it takes is first to launch, we pray the trigger wont fall into a wrong hand someday or a crazy President.

alexistaiwo:
There can never be any nuclear apocalypse.
Countries are just building nuclear weapons so as not to be bullied by those who already have it in world political and economic issues.
It only serves the role of deterrent like you have the bomb, I also have it. So let's sit and discuss amicably as equals.

alexistaiwo:


The Internet as you of all people should know is your friend.
Pardon but do you know the procedures for launching the nuclear weapons.
Please read up on it and update your teeming followers.
A president can't just wake up tomorrow morning and launch the codes.
Trump is presently only in possession of 20% of command necessary to launch the US nuclear weapons same is applicable to Putin (though his access to Russia nuclear toys is more flexible).
That doesn't mean even Putin can launch nuclear weapons at his whims and caprices.
The command codes are scattered amongst military and civilian personnel with the necessary security clearance to prevent terrorist kidnapping and forcing whoever is in charge of the code from causing a nuclear war.
Imagine Trump being kidnapped and forced to nuke Russia.
The aftermath is best left to the imagination.

The Internet as you of all people should know is your friend.

Edopesin:

Yhu Spoke My Mind

alexistaiwo:

They think nuclear weapons are loaded hand guns just waiting to be utilised against whoever the president wishes

alexistaiwo:


The Internet as you of all people should know is your friend.
Pardon but do you know the procedures for launching the nuclear weapons.
Please read up on it and update your teeming followers.
A president can't just wake up tomorrow morning and launch the codes.
Trump is presently only in possession of 20% of command necessary to launch the US nuclear weapons same is applicable to Putin (though his access to Russia nuclear toys is more flexible).
That doesn't mean even Putin can launch nuclear weapons at his whims and caprices.
The command codes are scattered amongst military and civilian personnel with the necessary security clearance to prevent terrorist kidnapping and forcing whoever is in charge of the code from causing a nuclear war.
Imagine Trump being kidnapped and forced to nuke Russia.
The aftermath is best left to the imagination.

The Internet as you of all people should know is your friend.

Meel:
POTUS has a card, commonly called the "biscuit," with the nuclear launch codes on it. He also has a briefcase, nicknamed the "football," carried by amilitary aide who is never more than about 15 seconds away from the President, with the equipment and the information needed to launch a nuclear strike. The National Command Authority (NCA), POTUS with the consideration of the SecDef who must agree, can do the first step. Should the SecDef NOT agree POTUS can simply fire the SecDef on the spot and replace him through a pre-determined “line of succession” UNTIL he gets a SecDef that agrees with the decision. While possible not too probable because “tick-tock” the clock is running. Could the POTUS just command the military aide to pass the “football” and let the POTUSlaunch on his own authority? NO, because that would be an unlawful order that the military aide would not have to obey and without his compliance the “football” would not open so the POTUS’s “biscuit” would be nothing more than a plastic card. The military aide is thefirst line of defensein the process.Thesecond line of defenseis that should the VP among others have concerns about the decision they have the right to enactSection 4 of the 25th Amendmentand have the President declared “disabled” (unable to perform his duties) and then if all the principles are in agreement REPLACE the sittingPOTUS with the VP becoming the new POTUS. Remember: tick-tock!Keep in mind that most (but not all) countries that possess nuclear devices AND delivery systems (missiles or aircraft) subscribe to the theory that the very idea of of “global nuclear destruction” is the real deterrent, not the actual launching of the missiles or aircraft.The reason for the urgency in this process though is that any retaliatorylaunch must come within ten minutesor less (closer to six and becoming less every year or so) IF there is to beany hope for the launch to be completed before incoming bombersor missiles start to arrive on the continental U.S.The command of the NCA goes to NORAD, where the command is verified by checking the code sent by the “football” is current AND correct.Third line of defense in the process.Launch commands are then sent via coded and secure radios on a variety of modulated bands, again for security. As you might imagine, land lines do not go everywhere the commands are being sent, AND they are not as secure as telemetry.Fourth line of defense.Then there is the security involved by the missile crews, the submarine crews and the aircraft crews, each of which verifies the codes sent and once verified by at least TWO members of each crew that the crew’s specific orders are “opened” and again verified by the two crew members who must agree. (Hint and reminder: Tick-tock!)Fifth and Sixth layers of defenseagainst accidents and a takeover of the command chain at ANY single level.Then following procedures for each crew the missions will commence and that will generally lead to target input for fixed site missiles, transfer movement to a launch position for subs or cruise missile surface ships, or penetration of enemy airspace andpayload launch or drop on targets.Any attempt at this point to stop the launches or the airspace penetrations after reaching this point would be impossible. Layers of defense have consequences in that once they are all passed there is no stopping the events.

Can't find your 20% theory?

Oxytocin:


You must have watched all the seasons of 24

Meel:
POTUS has a card, commonly called the "biscuit," with the nuclear launch codes on it. He also has a briefcase, nicknamed the "football," carried by amilitary aide who is never more than about 15 seconds away from the President, with the equipment and the information needed to launch a nuclear strike. The National Command Authority (NCA), POTUS with the consideration of the SecDef who must agree, can do the first step. Should the SecDef NOT agree POTUS can simply fire the SecDef on the spot and replace him through a pre-determined “line of succession” UNTIL he gets a SecDef that agrees with the decision. While possible not too probable because “tick-tock” the clock is running. Could the POTUS just command the military aide to pass the “football” and let the POTUSlaunch on his own authority? NO, because that would be an unlawful order that the military aide would not have to obey and without his compliance the “football” would not open so the POTUS’s “biscuit” would be nothing more than a plastic card. The military aide is thefirst line of defensein the process.Thesecond line of defenseis that should the VP among others have concerns about the decision they have the right to enactSection 4 of the 25th Amendmentand have the President declared “disabled” (unable to perform his duties) and then if all the principles are in agreement REPLACE the sittingPOTUS with the VP becoming the new POTUS. Remember: tick-tock!Keep in mind that most (but not all) countries that possess nuclear devices AND delivery systems (missiles or aircraft) subscribe to the theory that the very idea of of “global nuclear destruction” is the real deterrent, not the actual launching of the missiles or aircraft.The reason for the urgency in this process though is that any retaliatorylaunch must come within ten minutesor less (closer to six and becoming less every year or so) IF there is to beany hope for the launch to be completed before incoming bombersor missiles start to arrive on the continental U.S.The command of the NCA goes to NORAD, where the command is verified by checking the code sent by the “football” is current AND correct.Third line of defense in the process.Launch commands are then sent via coded and secure radios on a variety of modulated bands, again for security. As you might imagine, land lines do not go everywhere the commands are being sent, AND they are not as secure as telemetry.Fourth line of defense.Then there is the security involved by the missile crews, the submarine crews and the aircraft crews, each of which verifies the codes sent and once verified by at least TWO members of each crew that the crew’s specific orders are “opened” and again verified by the two crew members who must agree. (Hint and reminder: Tick-tock!)Fifth and Sixth layers of defenseagainst accidents and a takeover of the command chain at ANY single level.Then following procedures for each crew the missions will commence and that will generally lead to target input for fixed site missiles, transfer movement to a launch position for subs or cruise missile surface ships, or penetration of enemy airspace andpayload launch or drop on targets.Any attempt at this point to stop the launches or the airspace penetrations after reaching this point would be impossible. Layers of defense have consequences in that once they are all passed there is no stopping the events.

Can't find your 20% theory?

alexistaiwo:

If you can't find the 20% theory, it is up to you to keep searching for it.
Even here in your analysis, it is stated that the president must seek approval before launching the codes and he might even be declared unfit for office to stop him from launching the weapons.

Meel:
No be fight now ,

You raised a point and I wanted to corroborate it, but couldn't find any source to validate your points.

fabiano09:

don't be scared of the future,most of your fears probably won't come true

Explorers:
An Electromagnetic Pulse Will Shut Off All Electricity.






When a nuclear explosion goes off, it can send out a pulse of electromagnetic radiation that can shut down an electrical system or even the electric grid for an entire country.

In one nuclear test, the pulse sent out by detonating a single atomic bomb was so powerful that it blew out street lamps, TV sets, and telephones in homes 1,600 kilometers (1,000mi) away from the blast center.

This, though, was an unplanned accident.

Since then, bombs have been designed to do it on purpose.

If a bomb designed to send off an electromagnetic pulse were to explode 400–480 kilometers (250–300 mi) over a country the size of the United States, the entire electric grid across the country would shut down.

So after the bombs fall, the lights will go out.

Every refrigerator storing food will shut down.

The data on every computer will be erased.

Worst of all, water treatment facilities will break down and we’ll lose clean drinking water.

It’s expected that it would take six months of concentrated work to get a country back online after it gets shut down.

But that’s assuming that people are free to work on it.

For a long time after the bombs fall, we can expect to live without electricity and without clean water.

Daeylar:
This is scary

alexistaiwo:

If you can't find the 20% theory, it is up to you to keep searching for it.
Even here in your analysis, it is stated that the president must seek approval before launching the codes and he might even be declared unfit for office to stop him from launching the weapons.

alexistaiwo:

Is your girl named Victoria?
Does she live in Mushin?
If your answer to the questions is yes, we be rivals Oga na fight ooo
If the answer is no, read on we are all here to share knowledge.


I only estimated the power of the president in ordering nukes strikes because the other commentators and op were making it seems like anybody who happens to be the president of a nuclear power country can just wake up and blow the planet to thy kingdom come.

Nimi22:


Hmmm u are right sha but one can't still help but be scared

Electronzeez:
Explorers you know why I am happy about all of this .by the time USA and RUSSIA decide to test their nuclear might both of them will be the first to suffer the aftermath .shey it was hurricane Mathew that swept part of America was it last year ,they should expect the one that will destroy white house .


Albert Einstein this is why some people pray you will never know peace for founding relativity .Your principle of relativity was the beginning of nuclear weapon .

But I never blame you for this but those using to destabilize the world .

Electronzeez:



Funny thing is what if NK launches first .

Explorers:
The Ozone Layer Will Be Torn Apart.

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Alitair:
Does NIGERIA have any nuclear arsenal?

crotonite:
Nope, but we have nuclear chelsea.