For a long time, the government’s public stance was clear: Only the president could order a nuclear strike. So far, so “normal.” What wasn’t widely understood...
I mean the majority of security around nuclear weapons is physical. Both in access and also in the ability to transport/use it. They aren’t exactly small, they aren’t easy to transport, they aren’t easy to get access to, and once you get one, they aren’t exactly easy to use. If you went through all of the above, determining the password wouldn’t take long since presumably you’d have full physical access to the system being protected by a 1960’s era electronic security.
I mean the majority of security around nuclear weapons is physical. Both in access and also in the ability to transport/use it. They aren’t exactly small, they aren’t easy to transport, they aren’t easy to get access to, and once you get one, they aren’t exactly easy to use. If you went through all of the above, determining the password wouldn’t take long since presumably you’d have full physical access to the system being protected by a 1960’s era electronic security.