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High-speed russian intercontinental attack weapons. >> we have very good intelligence capabilities, and we watch very closely. so nothing he said surprised me. >> reporter: in a real world emergency, there is an urgent scramble. >> get the president of the united states on the phone. >> secretary of defense. >> secretary of defense, yes, ma'am. >> secretary of state? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: cia director? >> cia director. >> reporter: there is nobody you can't -- >> no, ma'am, there is nobody we can't get on the phone. >> reporter: general hyten can rapidly brief the president. >> the pictu...

>> pictures that we see on the screen tell me exactly where it is, how high it is, how fast it is going, where the impact point is, all those issues happen in a small number of minutes. >> reporter: and if a missile is headed for the u.s., that's when this safe, which sits under a desk gets opened. inside, an exact copy of president trump's nuclear launch checklists. >> in this room, there are only two people who can have access it that safe. that is me and adviser. >> reporter: general hyten would be one of the first to now. but for the general and his team, success is never take being the nu...