Both former Secretary of Defense William Perry and former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski have spoken about middle of the night phone calls they received in response to purported incoming nuclear strikes. Though the alerts were quickly determined to be false alarms, what if they had happened during a time of crisis, like the Cuban Missile Crisis or Russia’s invasion of Crimea? What if the President was forced to make a decision before the full situation could be assessed?
Imagine having minutes – perhaps as few as six by the time the issue is brought to the President’s attention – to …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
