CNN The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer August 6, 2021 22:51:00
Jim sciutto has an exclusive look inside. >> reporter: inside mission control at buckley space force base in aurora, colorado, space force quad guardians use sensors these satellites orbiting 22,000 miles above the earth for nuclear detonations. >> we never stop. always vigilant and never failed because that's how important this is to our nation. we provide data to tactical on the ground. >> reporter: this is missile satellites deployed in orbit. if those detect a launch anywhere on the surface of the planet, it beams that information back down to this ground station instantaneously at the spe...