To Launch a Nuclear Strike, Donald Trump Would Follow These Steps

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To Launch a Nuclear Strike, Donald Trump Would Follow These Steps
By Dave Merrill, Nafeesa Syeed and Brittany Harris
Updated January 20, 2017

How much power does the president alone have to launch a nuclear strike? Bloomberg News asked Bruce G. Blair, a former Minuteman missile-launch officer and research scholar at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security, to spell out the step-by-step procedure.

The president considers a nuclear strike

The commander-in-chief’s power is clear: He or she has sole authority to use nuclear weapons.

The top brass is brought in

The president decides to launch

Some advisers may try to change the president’s mind or resign in protest—but ultimately, the Pentagon must comply with the commander-in-chief’s order.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2016-nuclear-weapon-launch/

[dalton99a]

1. Kick.

[Girard442]

2. So if you were on the scene...

...how far would you go to save the world?

[workinclasszero]

3. Read this part again

...but ultimately, the Pentagon must comply with the commander-in-chief’s order.

The most a person could do would be to refuse to carry out the order at which time that person would immediately be placed under arrest per the UCMJ and the next person in the chain would get the order....until it's carried out.