It is a black briefcase and is sometimes referred to as the nuclear football or. The football holds nuclear codes which the us president would use to authorise the launch of nuclear weapons. The nuclear football.
There are no checks and balances on the president s authority to launch a nuclear strike he says. This contained the launch codes for a strategic nuclear strike. Silo alpha 32078894 silo bravo 54410637 silo charlie 90574792.
Nuke codes july 7 july 13. Plus they also have a command center and surveillance terminal to help with tracking down codes. To prove he is the president he must be able to provide the right.
The codes are a list of letters on essentially a 3 5 card called the biscuit which are updated daily. They aren t codes to actually launch missiles but to allow the president to prove he is authorized to order a launch. That s where the nuclear codes come in.
The nuclear football came into active service after the 1962 cuban missile crisis when president kennedy worried how the pentagon and nuclear launch officers would be sure that it was really the. Lieutenant commander woody lee stands in red square with the football a briefcase containing codes needed by the president to launch a nuclear attack attached to his wrist as president reagan toured the square with mikhail gorbachev in 1988. The nuclear launch codes known as the gold codes and the president s decision book.
It follows the president where ever he goes and is never more that a few steps from his side. The briefcase carried the secret daily codes needed to launch a nuclear attack along with a list of targets and attack scenarios. In the past a military officer carrying a special briefcase nicknamed the football had to accompany the president wherever he went.
Gold codes as well as a separate nuclear football are also assigned to the vice president in case the president.
Football nuclear launch codes. According to a washington post article the president is always accompanied by a military aide carrying a football with launch codes for nuclear weapons. The football is a metal zero halliburton briefcase carried in a black leather jacket. The package weighs around 45 pounds 20 kilograms. In his book breaking cover which was released on august 11 of 1980 bill gulley the former.
The gold codes are the launch codes for nuclear weapons provided to the presidents of the united states in their role as commander in chief of the united states armed forces. In conjunction with the nuclear football the gold codes allow the president to authorize a nuclear attack.
In conjunction with the nuclear football the gold codes allow the president to authorize a nuclear attack. The gold codes are the launch codes for nuclear weapons provided to the presidents of the united states in their role as commander in chief of the united states armed forces. In his book breaking cover which was released on august 11 of 1980 bill gulley the former.
The package weighs around 45 pounds 20 kilograms. The football is a metal zero halliburton briefcase carried in a black leather jacket. According to a washington post article the president is always accompanied by a military aide carrying a football with launch codes for nuclear weapons.
