Today’s Bombers Rely on America’s Weakest Nuclear Links
From Elaine Grossman, War Is Boring: “The risk of losing connectivity with the bombers is so profound that one nuclear expert — among several who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive nuclear operations — called it “reckless” for any president to assume the bombers could be recalled after giving them a nuclear go-ahead. In a word, any presidential execution order conveyed to the bombers may effectively be the same as for ballistic missiles. Irreversible..”
From Elaine Grossman, War Is Boring: “The risk of losing connectivity with the bombers is so profound that one nuclear expert — among several who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive nuclear operations — called it “reckless” for any president to assume the bombers could be recalled after giving them a nuclear go-ahead. In a word, any presidential execution order conveyed to the bombers may effectively be the same as for ballistic missiles. Irreversible..”
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