OPINION

Nuclear codes 'the length of a tweet'

News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 24/11/2017

» 'The president has absolute authority, unilateral power to order the use of nuclear weapons," said Bruce Blair. The nuclear codes are "the length of a tweet. It would take them one or two minutes to format and transmit that directly down the chain of command to the executing commanders of the underground launch centres, the submarines and the bombers".