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6. Actually, Commander US Strategic Command (a 4-star officer) is the military

Reply to TwilightGardener (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 20, 2013, 09:19 PM

Dec 2013

head of the nuclear arsenal. And the real head isn't military but is the President. Carey, a (2-star) Major General, had responsibility for 1/3 of the Triad - land based missiles, with no connection to either submarines or bombers. Still, not the guy you want in charge of any nukes.

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