Re: An elephant in the room
That's why TACAMO and NMCC exist... and authorized substitutes for them. If there's an emergency, pre-existing Emergency War Orders go out, and the nukes fly.
That's what I thought. So the 'football' contains the President's authenticator, plus those EWOs. So an order would be an authenticated war plan/strike package, and the President's & NCA's authentication / authorizations. And attempting to order a strike off-menu would just delay things, and give more people in the chain of command the opportunity to refuse a potentially unlawful order.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
