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heads are apparently not going to roll over that. >> you're absolutely right. this was an utter breakdown of the chain of command. it's a total dereliction of duty. let me tell you where this is so dangerous, as you were alluding to. in our nuclear command-and-control posture if an adversary launches a nuclear icbm, we have 15 minutes to determine whether the united states is targeted, how it's being targeted, or whether it's some type of test. the national command authority gets on the line with the commanding general of no rad and the secretary of defense makes a recommendation to the commander in chief of whether we respond in kind with launching our own nuclear triad in our own nuclear missiles. if you're not 15 minutes you can find literally can't find the secretary of defense because he is in the icu, that is not only dangerous to every american.