President Barack Obama has been informed that the country defense forces lost complete command and control of one-ninth of the US nuclear arsenal last Saturday. Administration officials stressed that the problem was only temporary, but that doesn't mean it wasn't big.
In fact, according to The Atlantic, a military officer briefed on the matter said that they have never experienced something so big: "[w]e can deal with maybe 5, 6, or 7 at a time, but we've never lost complete command and control and functionality of 50 ICBMs."
The US Air Force has declared that there was no danger to the population, while administration officials said that "at no time did the President's ability decrease." My guess is that taking one-ninth of the arsenal off line decreases the President's ability to order a full nuclear strike at least one-ninth.
(read more at gizmodo)
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