From "Football" To "Biscuits": How Biden Would Launch Nukes

Doomsday could start with a football -- the so-called "nuclear football" as the attache case carried wherever the US president goes is popularly known.

Doomsday could start with football - the so-called "nuclear football" as it is widely known in the supplement issue carried wherever the US president goes.

The stuffed black bag doesn't look so odd, the only proof of its importance is that it never leaves the hand of a uniformed military aide.

But inside are top-secret codes and plans that enable the president to authorize nuclear strikes - and choose from a list of some kind of targets - anywhere in the world.

In the White House, the president has his own secure operations room, where he can order war and communicate with military leaders.

But when President Joe Biden, for example,

Travel to Puerto Rico, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland within a few days of November and travel, as he does everywhere, with "soccer."

According to Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens the world with "Armageddon" when he alludes to the use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine.

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If it does, it can be launched from the back of a monster limousine.

Or Air Force One. Or a secret hideout.

Or really wherever it was "football" and the president together.

- biscuit -

The audience caught glimpses of the "football", officially known as the Presidential Emergency Bag,

Since one was photographed being carried behind John F. Kennedy at his family's seaside home in Hyannis Harbor, Massachusetts, in 1963.

Another accompanied Ronald Reagan directly to Red Square during his summit with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1988.

More conservative - also bears a harmless pseudonym -

Another important ingredient in igniting a nuclear war is the "cookie".

If "soccer" includes the list of war plans, "cookies" contain the symbols, known as golden tokens, by which the president can identify himself and issue the order.

As for the size of credit cards, the president is supposed to carry one at all times.

They may be super secretive and super secure, but both elements have their share of misfortune.

Bill Clinton was said to have mistaken his "biscuits", while the biscuits Reagan was carrying were inadvertently dumped with his clothes in a plastic hospital bag when he was undressed for surgery after being shot in Washington in 1981.

When a mob of Donald Trump supporters invaded the Capitol on January 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence was forced to flee to safety -

Together with a military assistant he carries the spare "football", which also always accompanies the successor of the president.

- The president decides -

Legally speaking, the chain of command could not be shorter.

The Congressional Research Service states that "the President of the United States has the sole authority to authorize the use of US nuclear weapons."

The chief must identify himself (with "cookie" symbols) and can, and should discuss options with, senior officers.

But even if superiors "ask advice" from the military,

"These advisors are then required to send and carry out orders authorizing nuclear use," says the congressional analysis.

It will go through the ranks down to the service personnel who operate the keys in silos, submarines, or in the air.

In a memorandum to Congress in 2021, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley,

He said it's not even in the "chain of command" - just the "chain of communications".

- Unless... -

The boss doesn't have a big red button to push and whatever he orders he still has to filter through several groups of humans before it becomes a reality.

US military personnel are required to disobey unlawful orders, and as John Hyten said,

Then, in 2017, the commander of US Strategic Command (Stratcom) said, "We think a lot about these things."

"If this is illegal, guess what? I will say, Mr. President, this is illegal." And guess what he's going to do? He'll say, "What could be legal?" And we will come up with options,

With a combination of capabilities to respond to any situation, this is how it works. It's not that complicated."

In a more extreme case, the government could theoretically step in to strip the president of his powers, by invoking the 25th Amendment.

This didn't happen

Although there are numerous allegations that high-level discussions on the subject took place during Trump's chaotic presidency.

However, it is more likely that there is a much less serious shift in the chain of command of the planned medical procedures.

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