The President thru the US Sec. Defense has the authority to launch the vast nuclear strike ability of America by codes in a potrible computer in a case known as the ‘nuclear football’.…
The ‘football’ , carried by a US Military person, goes wherever the President AND Vice President goes anywhere on the planet…
During the Jan.6 2021 protest there Vice President Pence’s football was seen close to him when he was under attack by the protesting mob….
Most people do NOT know but Vice President Harris actaully became ‘The President’ for a short period when President Biden when in for a hospital check up that requred himn to be put under for a short time….
The “nuclear football” exists for two key reasons, Stephen Schwartz, an expert on the football and a nonresident senior fellow at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, previously told Insider.
One, the briefcase “is the physical representation of the presidential authority” to order the use of nuclear weaponry, which only the president has, Schwartz said.
Two, as a product of Cold War tensions with the Soviets, the football exists because “we’ve been afraid that a surprise nuclear attack could catch us off guard and preclude any sort of retaliation.”
The emergency satchel contains communication tools, codes, and options for nuclear war. The president also carries, typically on his person, a card with authentication codes known as the “biscuit.” These codes are used together with the football to launch a nuclear strike.
The president can also order a strike from fixed command centers if needed.
The vice president is followed by a back-up football, as was highlighted when rioters came very close to former Vice President Mike Pence’s football during the riots at the Capitol. The vice president also carries a biscuit with inactive codes. These tools are for rare situations in which the president is incapacitated or killed.
When presidential power was transferred to Harris on Friday, her codes were temporarily activated, giving her presidential authority to use the football or other means to launch nuclear weapons should such action be deemed necessary, Schwartz explained on Twitter….
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During the Vice President’s visit to Japan and Korea we got some video…
The video show’s VP Harris riding in ‘Army 2’ Blackhawk helicopters (3:42 min point ) and you can see the Marine carrying her Nuclear ‘Football’ walking another Helo (3:49 min point)…..
image…AP