Who has the power to launch nuclear weapons in the us?
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Who has the power to launch nuclear weapons in the us if the United States is under attack by a nuclear-capable adversary? Who has the power to launch nuclear weapons in the us if the President is alive, other than the President? Which general has the power to launch nuclear weapons in the us during the Cuban Missile Crisis? Who has the power to launch nuclear weapons in the us if the President has been killed but the Vice President has not been killed? Who has the power to launch nuclear weapons in the us if the President and Vice President have been killed but the Speaker of the House of Representatives has not been killed?
the President President
Secretary of Defense the Secretary of Defense
General Thomas Power
the Vice President Vice President
the Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives
Nuclear weapons of the United States
power to launch nuclear weapons in the us
National Command Authority Nuclear football Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom Nuclear weapons of the United States No first use Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction North Korea and weapons of mass destruction United States and weapons of mass destruction Nuclear weapons and Israel Gold Codes
National Command Authority (NCA) is a term used by the Department of Defense 
of the <b>United States of America</b> to refer to the ultimate source of lawful military 
orders. The NCA comprises the president of the <b>United States</b> (as commander-in-
chief) and the ... Only the president can direct the use of <b>nuclear weapons</b> by <b>U.S.</b> 
armed&nbsp;... The <b>United States</b> has a two-man rule in place at the nuclear <b>launch</b> facilities, 
and while only the president can order the release of <b>nuclear weapons</b>, the order
&nbsp;... The United Kingdom was the third country to develop and test ... The Soviet 
Union&#39;s <b>launch</b> of Sputnik 1, the world&#39;s first artificial ... of the kind used to <b>power</b> 
the <b>US</b> Skipjack-class submarines. Moreover, some of these commanders subdelegated to lower commanders <b>the</b> 
<b>authority to launch nuclear weapons</b> under similar circumstance. In fact, the 
nuclear&nbsp;... No first use (NFU) refers to a pledge or a policy by a nuclear <b>power</b> not to use 
<b>nuclear weapons</b> ... The <b>US</b> doctrine for the use of <b>nuclear weapons</b> was revised 
most recently in the Nuclear Posture Review, released April 6, 2010. ... that it 
would <b>launch nuclear weapons</b> even if the other side did not use such weapons 
first. Pakistan&#39;s <b>nuclear energy</b> programme was established and started in 1956 
following the establishment of PAEC. Pakistan became a participant in <b>US</b> 
President&nbsp;... North Korea has a military <b>nuclear weapons</b> program and, as of early 2019, is 
estimated to ... Focusing on practical uses of nuclear <b>energy</b> and the completion 
of a <b>nuclear weapon</b> development system, ... and not conduct any further tests of 
<b>nuclear weapons</b> while productive negotiations involving the <b>United States</b> 
continue. It was the world&#39;s first and only nuclear <b>power</b> for four years (1945–1949), until 
the Soviet Union managed to produce its own <b>nuclear weapon</b>. The <b>United</b> 
<b>States</b>&nbsp;... The State of Israel is widely believed to possess <b>nuclear weapons</b>. Estimates of 
Israel&#39;s ... After <b>U.S.</b> President Dwight Eisenhower announced the Atoms for 
Peace initiative, ... Six of seven members of the Israel Atomic <b>Energy</b> Commission 
promptly ... The submarines are believed to be capable of <b>launching</b> cruise 
missiles&nbsp;... The Gold Codes are the <b>launch</b> codes for <b>nuclear weapons</b> provided to the 
Presidents of the <b>United States in</b> ... As commander-in-chief, the president is the 
only individual with <b>the authority</b> to order the use of <b>nuclear weapons</b>. A two-man 
rule&nbsp;...
Only the President
National Command Authority